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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 7, 2009; 15(13): 1650-1652
Published online Apr 7, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.1650
Published online Apr 7, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.1650
A combination treatment of entecavir and early-phase corticosteroid in severe exacerbation of chronic hepatitis B
Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Hirokazu Miyatake, Masahiro Takahara, Takayuki Imada, Satoru Yagi, Tatsuya Toyokawa, Morihito Nakatsu, Masaharu Ando, Mamoru Hirohata, Department of Internal Medicine, Mitoyo General Hospital, Kanonji 769-1695, Japan
Yasuhiro Miyake, Department of Molecular Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
Author contributions: Matsumoto K and Miyake Y analyzed the data and wrote the paper; Miyatake H, Takahara M, Imada T, Yagi S, Toyokawa T, Nakatsu M carried out patient care; Ando M and Hirohata M helped by supervising and approving the final manuscript.
Correspondence to: Yasuhiro Miyake, MD, Department of Molecular Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan. miyake43@md.okayama-u.ac.jp
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Received: December 8, 2008
Revised: February 9, 2009
Accepted: February 16, 2009
Published online: April 7, 2009
Revised: February 9, 2009
Accepted: February 16, 2009
Published online: April 7, 2009
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