Hepatitis B-Associated Acute Liver Failure: Immediate Treatment with Entecavir Inhibits Hepatitis B Virus Replication and Potentially Its Sequelae

Christoph Jochum,Robert K. Gieseler,Isabella Gawlista,A. Fiedler,Paul Manka,Fuat H. Saner,Michael Roggendorf,Guido Gerken,Ali Canbay

Hepatitis B-Associated Acute Liver Failure: Immediate Treatment with Entecavir Inhibits Hepatitis B Virus Replication and Potentially Its Sequelae

2009

Christoph Jochum
Robert K. Gieseler
Isabella Gawlista
A. Fiedler
Paul Manka
Fuat H. Saner
Michael Roggendorf
Guido Gerken
Ali Canbay

Background: Acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is followed by high viral replication rates leading to hepatocyte death and ultimately, in some cases, to acute liver failure (AL

Keywords:

Viral replication
Entecavir
Hepatitis B
Virus
Viral hepatitis
Liver transplantation
Apoptosis
Hepatitis B virus
Virology
Medicine
Hepatocyte

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