Entecavir to treat severe acute hepatitis B

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 703-704

  De Socio, Giuseppe Vittorio L ^a   Mercuri, Alessandra ^a   Di Candilo, Francesco ^a   Baldelli, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTECAVIR;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; SEROLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; GUANINE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 70849096538     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540903062705     Document Type: Letter

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