Severe acute exacerbation of chronic hepatitis B during pegylated interferon treatment and early intervention with corticosteroid

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Severe acute exacerbation or liver failure induced by standard interferon-α(IFN-α) therapy had been reported to occur in few patients with chronic hepatitis B. However, no report showed that pegylated interferon-α therapy was able to induce severe acute exacerbat...

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Main Authors: Mao Qing, Zhang Hui-Yan, You Jian-Ping, Zhang Xu-Qing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-07-01
Series:Virology Journal
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Online Access:http://www.virologyj.com/content/9/1/136