prednisone at 50 mg/day and azathioprine at 50 mg/day was initiated. Of note, liver function tests (LFTs) were normal at this time. Two weeks later, the patient was well, prednisone was completely tapered, and azathioprine was increased to 100 mg/day. Three months later, the patient presented to the
Immunosuppressive therapy and virus-cores in HBAg-positive chronic hepatitis
✍ Scribed by Kendrey, G. ;Szalka, A. ;László, B. ;Binder, L. ;Hollós, I.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 359 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1440
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