Short‐term corticosteroids then lamivudine and plasma exchanges to treat hepatitis B virus–related polyarteritis nodosa

Abstract

The strategy of short-term steroids followed by lamivudine and plasma exchanges effectively led to recovery from HBV-PAN. Because of its oral administration and good safety profile, lamivudine should henceforth be considered the antiviral agent of choice to treat HBV-related PAN.