Acute liver failure resulting from discontinuation of nucleoside analogues in chronic hepatitis B patients: A report of two cases

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 158-160

  Wang, Junshuai ^a   Wang, Minxin ^a   Huang, Yuancheng ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis B; Nucleoside analogues; Pathological examination

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; AMMONIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; ENTECAVIR; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; LAMIVUDINE; TELBIVUDINE; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; HEPATITIS B; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; JAUNDICE; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADENINE; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; GUANINE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; LAMIVUDINE; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; NECROSIS; ORGANOPHOSPHONATES; THYMIDINE;

EID: 84872340450     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2012.704152     Document Type: Article

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