Hepatitis B Virus and Liver Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kao, Jia-Horng (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Chen, Ding-Shinn (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Hepatology.; Infectious diseases.; Virology.; Infectious Diseases.

This book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of HBV infection and liver disease. It discusses new data on basic and translational medicine, including the viral life cycle, the immunopathogenesis of virus-induced chronic hepatitis, viral and host genetic factors affecting disease progr...

Table of Contents:

• Life cycle and molecular virology
• Unmet needs in basic research: in vitro and in vivo models
• Immunopathogenesis
• Epidemiology and natural history
• Hepatitis B vaccination
• Viral factors and disease progression
• Host genetic factors and disease progression
• Molecular carcinogenesis of HCC
• Interferon therapy and long-term outcomes
• Nucleotide therapy and long-term outcomes
• Combination therapy
• Treatment of patients with HCV, HDV or HIV co-infection
• Management of children and pregnant women
• Management of patients with immunosuppressive therapy
• Towards an HBV cure: discovery of novel agents
• Others: occult HBV infection.