Current trends in management of hepatitis B virus reactivation in the biologic therapy era

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 34, 2011, Pages 3881-3887

  Mastroianni, Claudio M ^a   Lichtner, Miriam ^a   Citton, Rita ^a   del Borgo, Cosmo ^a   Rago, Angela ^a   Martini, Helene ^a   Cimino, Giuseppe ^a   Vullo, Vincenzo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antagonists; Antiviral drugs; Biologic agents; Hepatitis b virus; Rituximab; Tumor necrosis factor ; Virus reactivation

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; RITUXIMAB; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PROPHYLAXIS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

EID: 80054795813     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i34.3881     Document Type: Article

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