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
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Prevention of hepatitis B virus reactivation in patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy or chemotherapy
β Scribed by Makoto Oketani; Akio Ido; Hirofumi Uto; Hirohito Tsubouchi
- Book ID
- 114944018
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 230 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1386-6346
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## Abstract In an endemic area for chronic hepatitis B infection, reactivation of this virus is a serious cause of morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing cytotoxic or immunosuppressive therapy. Careful prospective serological testing has shown that hepatitis B virus reactivation is a twoβst