Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Advances in Treatment, Promise for the Future /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Shiffman, Mitchell L. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2012.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Gastroenterology.; Hepatology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Chronic Hepatitis C Virus: Advances in Treatment, Promise for the Future documents the monumental advances that have been made in our understanding of chronic HCV during the past decade. The first section reviews the natural history of chronic HCV, how this virus can affect other organs in addition...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.                           .