Hepatic failure due to hepatitis B reactivation in a patient with ulcerative colitis treated with prednisone

Hepatology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 653-654

  Zeitz, Jonas ^a   Mullhaupt, Beat ^a   Fruehauf, Heiko ^a   Rogler, Gerhard ^a   Vavricka, Stephan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; LAMIVUDINE; MESALAZINE; PREDNISONE; PROTHROMBIN; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PARACENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REINFECTION; RETRANSPLANTATION; SIDE EFFECT; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VIRUS REACTIVATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; NOTE; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; PREDNISONE;

EID: 68949183161     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.23035     Document Type: Letter

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