Regression of esophageal varices during entecavir treatment in patients with hepatitis-B-virus-related liver cirrhosis

Recent studies suggest that liver cirrhosis is reversible after administering oral nucleos(t)ide analogue therapy to patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. However, few studies have addressed whether esophageal varices can regress after such therapy. We report a case of complete regression...

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Autores principales: Jwa, Hye Young, Cho, Yoo-Kyung, Choi, Eun Kwang, Kim, Heung Up, Song, Hyun Joo, Na, Soo-Young, Boo, Sun-Jin, Jeong, Seung Uk, Kim, Bong Soo, Lee, Byoung-Wook, Song, Byung-Cheol
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Publicado: The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4825159/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27044771
http://dx.doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2016.22.1.183
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author Jwa, Hye Young
Cho, Yoo-Kyung
Choi, Eun Kwang
Kim, Heung Up
Song, Hyun Joo
Na, Soo-Young
Boo, Sun-Jin
Jeong, Seung Uk
Kim, Bong Soo
Lee, Byoung-Wook
Song, Byung-Cheol
author_facet Jwa, Hye Young
Cho, Yoo-Kyung
Choi, Eun Kwang
Kim, Heung Up
Song, Hyun Joo
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Jeong, Seung Uk
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description Recent studies suggest that liver cirrhosis is reversible after administering oral nucleos(t)ide analogue therapy to patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. However, few studies have addressed whether esophageal varices can regress after such therapy. We report a case of complete regression of esophageal varices during entecavir therapy in patients with HBV-related liver cirrhosis, suggesting that complications of liver cirrhosis such as esophageal varices can regress after the long-term suppression of HBV replication.
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spelling pubmed-48251592016-04-11 Regression of esophageal varices during entecavir treatment in patients with hepatitis-B-virus-related liver cirrhosis Jwa, Hye Young Cho, Yoo-Kyung Choi, Eun Kwang Kim, Heung Up Song, Hyun Joo Na, Soo-Young Boo, Sun-Jin Jeong, Seung Uk Kim, Bong Soo Lee, Byoung-Wook Song, Byung-Cheol Clin Mol Hepatol Case Report Recent studies suggest that liver cirrhosis is reversible after administering oral nucleos(t)ide analogue therapy to patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. However, few studies have addressed whether esophageal varices can regress after such therapy. We report a case of complete regression of esophageal varices during entecavir therapy in patients with HBV-related liver cirrhosis, suggesting that complications of liver cirrhosis such as esophageal varices can regress after the long-term suppression of HBV replication. The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver 2016-03 2016-03-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4825159/ /pubmed/27044771 http://dx.doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2016.22.1.183 Text en Copyright © 2016 by The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Jwa, Hye Young
Cho, Yoo-Kyung
Choi, Eun Kwang
Kim, Heung Up
Song, Hyun Joo
Na, Soo-Young
Boo, Sun-Jin
Jeong, Seung Uk
Kim, Bong Soo
Lee, Byoung-Wook
Song, Byung-Cheol
Regression of esophageal varices during entecavir treatment in patients with hepatitis-B-virus-related liver cirrhosis
title Regression of esophageal varices during entecavir treatment in patients with hepatitis-B-virus-related liver cirrhosis
title_full Regression of esophageal varices during entecavir treatment in patients with hepatitis-B-virus-related liver cirrhosis
title_fullStr Regression of esophageal varices during entecavir treatment in patients with hepatitis-B-virus-related liver cirrhosis
title_full_unstemmed Regression of esophageal varices during entecavir treatment in patients with hepatitis-B-virus-related liver cirrhosis
title_short Regression of esophageal varices during entecavir treatment in patients with hepatitis-B-virus-related liver cirrhosis
title_sort regression of esophageal varices during entecavir treatment in patients with hepatitis-b-virus-related liver cirrhosis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4825159/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27044771
http://dx.doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2016.22.1.183
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