Périartérite noueuse en relation avec une hépatite B

Aged; Hepatitis B/complications; Hepatitis B virus/pathogenicity; Humans; Interferon-alpha/therapeutic use; Male; Plasmapheresis; Polyarteritis Nodosa/drug therapy/etiology/pathology

Abstract :

[en] A 66-year-old man was hospitalized for asthenia, weight loss, fever and chills. A polyarteritis nodosa associated with hepatitis B virus infection in a replicative phase was diagnosed. Etiology, physiopathology, and clinical characteristics of hepatitis B virus-related polyarteritis nodosa will be reviewed, as well as the effectiveness of therapy combining corticosteroids, interferon alpha and plasma exchanges.

Disciplines :

Gastroenterology & hepatology

Author, co-author :

Demolin, G.

Delwaide, Jean ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Gastro-Entérologie-Hépatologie

Van Severen, M.

Demolin, H.

Cornet, G.

Belaiche, Jacques ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Gastro-Entérologie-Hépatologie

Language :

French

Title :

Périartérite noueuse en relation avec une hépatite B

Alternative titles :

[en] Polyarteritis nodosa related to hepatitis B virus infection

Publication date :

1999

Journal title :

Revue Médicale de Liège

ISSN :

0370-629X

eISSN :

2566-1566

Publisher :

Université de Liège. Revue Médicale de Liège, Liège, Belgium

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

921-924

Peer reviewed :

Peer reviewed

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