## BACKGROUND. Reactivation of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection with the development of fulminant hepatitis induced by withdrawal of chemotherapy and/or corticosteroids (CS) is well known. However, less is known about liver dysfunction in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) who are unde
Incidence of hepatitis virus infection and severe liver dysfunction in patients receiving chemotherapy for hematologic malignancies
โ Scribed by Toshio Kawatani; Takeaki Suou; Fumihito Tajima; Kiyomi Ishiga; Hiromi Omura; Akira Endo; Hiroshi Ohmura; Yujiro Ikuta; Youko Idobe; Hironaka Kawasaki
- Book ID
- 114423052
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 90 KB
- Volume
- 67
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0902-4441
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