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[Case of fulminant hepatic failure in an elderly asymptomatic HBV carrier without proximate cause].
Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai zasshi = The Japanese journal of gastro-enterology - 1 Dec 2008
Yamamoto Takeshi, Kondo Shiho, Sugawara Akiko, Yonechi Makoto, Nishioka Kana, Meguro Takayoshi, Abe Masahide, Murakami Kazuhiro, Inoue Jun, Ueno Yoshiyuki, Shimosegawa Toru
Abstract excerpt
A 82-year-old asymptomatic HBV carrier man was admitted with liver dysfunction in May 2007. With anti-HBe antibody and high viral load, he had fulminant hepatic failure without proximate cause. He was treated with entecavir and corticosteroids, but died about one month later. Autopsy specimen of liver revealed submassive hepatic necrosis with faint regeneration. HBV obtained was segregated into genotype Bj, and...
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