Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	12188
Country	Germany

Received	2014-06-26 08:21
Peer-Review Started	2014-06-26 14:35
To Make the First Decision	2014-07-09 12:02
Return for Revision	2014-07-17 16:22
Revised	2014-08-15 02:16
Second Decision	2014-09-30 09:58
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Company Editor-in-Chief	2014-09-30 10:19
Articles in Press	2014-09-30 10:52
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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Case Report
Article Title	Combined glucocorticoid and antiviral therapy of hepatitis B virus-related liver failure
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Jan-Hendrik Bockmann, Maura Dandri, Stefan Lüth, Nadine Pannicke and Ansgar W Lohse
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Jan-Hendrik Bockmann, MD, 1st Deparment of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr.52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany. j.bockmann@uke.de
Key Words	Acute liver failure; Hepatitis B virus; Prednisolone; Reactivation; Rituximab
Core Tip	In the reported cases we describe our positive experience with combined glucocorticoid and nucleotide analogue therapy in two cases of severe reactivations of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and in one case of acute fulminant HBV infection. Rapid improvement of liver parameters and virological response was obtained in all three cases. Thus, the reported data emphasize the need for the further assessment of this therapeutic strategy and for the development of systematic clinical trials.
Publish Date	2015-02-11 16:38
Citation	Bockmann JH, Dandri M, Lüth S, Pannicke N, Lohse AW. Combined glucocorticoid and antiviral therapy of hepatitis B virus-related liver failure. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(7): 2214-2219
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i7/2214.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i7.2214

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