Chronic HBV with pregnancy: Reactivation flare causing fulminant hepatic failure

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-236

  Singhal, Ashish ^a   Kanagala, Rajesh ^a   Jalil, Sajid ^a   Wright, Harlan I ^a   Kohli, Vivek ^a  

^a INTEGRIS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Flare; Fulminant; Hepatitis B virus; Immunosuppression; Pregnancy; Reactivation

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LAMIVUDINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER NODULE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PUERPERIUM; REMISSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

EID: 79956034858     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31575-3     Document Type: Article

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