Figure 3From: New foe treated with old guns – supportive role of steroids in the treatment of acute severe hepatitis E Laboratory data and HEV PCR results after and before steroid treatment. Course of laboratory data and HEV PCR before and after starting immunosuppressive treatment; grey bars represent duration of steroid treatment; prednisolone was started with 1 mg per kilogram bodyweight per day and reduced in a stepwise fashion.Back to article page