Title:
Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Advances in Treatment, Promise for the Future / edited by Mitchell L. Shiffman.
Main Entry:
Shiffman, Mitchell L. editor.
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Publisher:
Springer New York,
Publication Date:
2012.
Publication Place:
New York, NY :
ISBN:
9781461411925
Subject:
Medicine.
Gastroenterology.
Clinical medicine.
Medicine & Public Health.
Hepatology.
Gastroenterology.
Contents:
Epidemiology of Chronic HCV -- Acute HCV.-Assessing the Progression of Chronic HCV to Cirrhosis.- Chronic HCV and Steatosis -- Chronic HCV and Hepatocellular Carcinoma.-Extrahepatic Manifestations of Chronic HCV.-Chronic HCV and HIV Co-infection -- Chronic HCV in Patients with Renal Disease.-Does Treatment Alter the Natural History of Chronic HCV.-Treatment with Interferon and Ribavirin -- Immune Modulators and Other Agents.-Measuring HCV RNA and Assessing Virologic Response -- Response Guided Therapy.-Managing the Side Effects of Therapy.-The Genetics of Virologic Response -- Maintenance Therapy with Peginterferon.-Anti-viral Targets in HCV/-Mutations and the Development of Anti-viral Resistance -- Peginterferon, Ribavirin and Anti-viral Triple Therapy.-Treating Chronic HCV without Interferon and/or Ribavirin -- Maintenance Therapy with Oral Anti-viral Agents -- Natural History of Chronic HCV after Liver Transplantation.-Use of HCV Positive Organs in Patients with and without Chronic HCV -- Treating HCV Prior to Liver Transplantation -- Treating HCV after Liver Transplantation. .
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