Autoimmune fulminant hepatic failure in chronic hepatitis c during peg-interferon-alpha 2b plus ribavirin treatment showing histological heterogeneity

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 666-667

  Yasui, Shin ^a   Fujiwara, Keiichi ^a   Yokosuka, Osamu ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTIFICIAL LIVER; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBAVIRIN;

EID: 79960354048     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2011.02.014     Document Type: Letter

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