Lamivudine and rapid regeneration of the atrophic liver in decompensated cirrhosis due to hepatitis B

Am J Gastroenterol. 2002 Feb;97(2):493-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2002.05509.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Atrophy / pathology
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hepatitis B, Chronic / complications*
  • Hepatitis B, Chronic / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Lamivudine / administration & dosage*
  • Liver Cirrhosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Cirrhosis / drug therapy*
  • Liver Cirrhosis / etiology
  • Liver Cirrhosis / pathology*
  • Liver Function Tests
  • Liver Regeneration / drug effects*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors / administration & dosage*
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
  • Lamivudine