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...