Hepatitis Prevention and Treatment
Chronic viral hepatitis has emerged as one of the most common causes of disease and death worldwide. Because of their unique modes of replication and intimate association with the host immune system, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) pose challenging problems to scientists in basic...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Basel
Birkhäuser
2004, 2004
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2004 |
| Series: | Milestones in Drug Therapy
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- History of viral hepatitis
- Epidemiology of chronic hepatitis viruses: hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus
- Molecular virology of hepatitis B virus
- Molecular virology of hepatitis C virus
- Immunology of hepatitis B virus
- Immunology of hepatitis C virus
- Current treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection
- Current standard of care in hepatitis C virus infection
- Viral response to therapy: viral dynamics
- Investigational drugs in clinical development for the treatment of chronic viral hepatitis
- Problems inherent to antiviral therapy