Viral Hepatitis: Chronic Hepatitis C

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ozaras, Resat (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Salmon-Ceron, Dominique (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Infectious diseases.; General practice (Medicine).; Gastroenterology .; Infectious Diseases.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Gastroenterology.

This book presents up-to-date, practically oriented information on major topics in chronic hepatitis C. The coverage encompasses epidemiology; diagnosis, including molecular methods; treatment and challenges; and the management of co-infections. Readers will find guidance on pretherapeutic evaluatio...

Table of Contents:

• 1.Pretherapeutic evaluation of the patients and evaluation of the severity of hepatic disease
• 2.HIV HCV co-infection: current challenges
• 3.TREATMENT OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTED PATIENTS WITH RENAL FAILURE
• 4.Global Epidemiology of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection
• 5.LABORATORY AND MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS OF HEPATITIS C AND RESISTANCE TESTING
• 6.EXTRAHEPATIC MANIFESTATIONS OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION
• 7.Current Therapy of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus in Treatment Naive Patients
• 8.Management of Interferon-Free Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy Failure
• 9.Management of HCV Infection In Decompen-sated Cirrhosis In The Transplantation Setting
• 10.Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus in Special populations (HBV co-infection, Drug users and prisoners)
• 11.Acute Hepatitis C.