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[Polyarteritis nodosa related to hepatitis b virus infection]
G Demolin1, J Delwaide, M Van Severen
1Service de Gastro-entérologie, Université de Liège.
Revue Medicale De Liege
|February 25, 2000
Abstract:
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 corticosteroïds, interferon alpha and plasma exchanges.