Chronic viral hepatitis affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide, and each year millions more people become infected. In Chronic Viral Hepatitis, Second Edition, a panel of distinguished clinicians and clinical investigators build upon the first edition by comprehensively reviewing all the relevant new information regarding resistance, side effects, and therapies for chronic viral hepatitis. The text covers recent advances in the understanding of pathogenesis of viral hepatitis while discussing promising agents in development for its treatment. The authors devote special attention to reactivation of hepatitis B with chemotherapy and immunosuppression, herbal and non-traditional therapies, chronic viral hepatitis in the pediatric population, and immunology and immunotherapy of HCV and provide relative costs for all diagnostic and therapeutic options. Authoritative and up-to-date, Chronic Viral Hepatitis, Second Edition offers today's gastroenterologists, internists, hepatologists, and infectious disease specialists a practical guide to the recognition, diagnosis and treatment of chronic viral hepatitis from a multidisciplinary approach.
Author(s): Marcy Coash MD, George Y. Wu MD, PhD (auth.), Kirti Shetty, George Y. Wu (eds.)
Series: Clinical Gastroenterology
Edition: 2
Publisher: Humana Press
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 504
Tags: Gastroenterology
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Molecular Virology of Hepatitis B and C: Clinical Implications....Pages 1-31
Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Natural History of Chronic Hepatitis C....Pages 33-70
Current and Future Therapy of Chronic Hepatitis C....Pages 71-96
Hepatitis C in Special Populations....Pages 97-134
Extrahepatic Manifestations of Chronic Hepatitis C Infection....Pages 135-157
Anti-HCV Agents in Development....Pages 159-183
Epidemiology, Screening, and Natural History of Chronic Hepatitis B Infection....Pages 185-241
Current Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B....Pages 243-257
Management of Patients Co-Infected with Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB) and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)....Pages 259-272
Management of Antiviral Resistance in Chronic Hepatitis B....Pages 273-287
Herbal and Non-Traditional Therapies for Viral Hepatitis....Pages 289-305
Hepatitis B Reactivation in the Setting of Chemotherapy and Immunosuppression....Pages 307-336
Support of Patients During Antiviral Therapy for Hepatitis B and C....Pages 337-351
Viral Hepatitis, A Through E, In Pregnancy....Pages 353-373
Chronic Viral Hepatitis and Liver Transplantation....Pages 375-403
Treatment of Viral Hepatitis in Children - 2008....Pages 405-429
Viral Hepatitis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma....Pages 431-447
Hepatitis B Vaccines....Pages 449-470
T-Cell-Mediated Immunity and Immunotherapy of Chronic Hepatitis C....Pages 471-490
Back Matter....Pages 491-503
