Lamivudine increases hyperbilirubinemic risk in patients with severe hepatitis

• In: Poster presentation
• At: Seoul (South Korea) (2017)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-HPS-070
• By: KIM, Sang Geon (Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic Of)
• Co-author(s): Sang Geon Kim:
  Young Hee Choi: College of Pharmacy, Dongguk University, Korea, Republic Of
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  Lamivudine is effective against hepatitis B virus infection recovering alanine aminotransferase (ALT) to normal ranges through virus eradication. Also, total bilirubin (TB) represents an improvement of liver function from virus infection. Despite its effectiveness, a few case reports raised the possibility that lamivudine causes liver..

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