Tenofovir in the Management of Chronic Hepatitis B Infection During Pregnancy

Autor: Yeşim Çekin, Ayhan Hilmi Çekin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Balkan Medical Journal, Vol 29, Iss 2, Pp 208-210 (2012)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2146-3123
2146-3131
Popis: Chronic hepatitis B infection has a worldwide distribution, with approximately 350 million infected persons. While become more of an issue during pregnancy concerning maternal and fetal well-being and the influence of pregnancy itself on the course of the disease; the natural history of chronic hepatitis B infection during pregnancy has not been clearly established. This paper reports the outcome of pregnancy in a patient with chronic hepatitis B infection who discontinued double antiviral treatment since she wanted to get pregnant but then was administered tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF; 245 mg/day) monotherapy at the 32nd gestational week.
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