## Abstract It is well documented that cytotoxic treatment in patients carrying the hepatitis B virus (HBV) enhances the risk of severe hepatic damage. Recently lamivudine has been reported to be effective in suppressing the replication of HBV under such conditions. Here we report two cases with HB
Lamivudine therapy for acute hepatitis B infection following peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
✍ Scribed by Rauf Haznedar; Münci Yağcı
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 166 KB
- Volume
- 69
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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