Successful treatment with corticosteroid and lamivudine for autoimmune hepatitis in a patient with asymptomatic HBV infection

Dig Dis Sci. 2007 Apr;52(4):908-13. doi: 10.1007/s10620-006-9113-5. Epub 2007 Mar 7.

Authors

Reiichiro Kuwahara¹, Hiroki Saitsu, Mitsuhiko Abe, Akio Takata, Kazuo Tanaka, Teruko Hino, Tatsuya Ide, Ryoko Kuromatsu, Ken Tanikawa, Masayoshi Kage, Ryukichi Kumashiro, Michio Sata

Affiliation

¹ The Second Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine and the Center of the 21st Century Center of Excellence Program for Medical Science, 67 Asahi-Machi, Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan. ray@med.kurume-u.ac.jp

PMID: 17342404
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9113-5

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antiviral Agents / administration & dosage*
Drug Therapy, Combination
Female
Glucocorticoids / administration & dosage*
Hepatitis B, Chronic / complications*
Hepatitis, Autoimmune / drug therapy*
Hepatitis, Autoimmune / virology
Humans
Lamivudine / administration & dosage*
Middle Aged
Prednisolone / administration & dosage*

Substances

Antiviral Agents
Glucocorticoids
Lamivudine
Prednisolone