Advanced Therapy for Hepatitis C
geoffrey-w-mccaughan
According to the WHO, 170 million people, or 3% of the world's population, are infected with Hepatitis C and at risk of developing liver cirrhosis and/or liver cancer. 3-4 million people each year are newly diagnosed carriers of the virus.
Advanced Therapy for Hepatitis C Infection provides you with expert guidance from the world’s leading hepatologists on the very latest treatment options for patients with the HCV virus. Focusing mainly on the efficacy and clinical use of antiviral therapies, key topics include:
- Treatment of recurrent hepatitis C following liver transplantationContent:
Chapter 1 HCV Replication (pages 1–11): Michael R. Beard
Chapter 2 Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes (pages 12–16): Scott A. Read and Mark W. Douglas
Chapter 3 Immune Responses to HCV: Implications for Therapy (pages 17–24): David G. Bowen
Chapter 4 Mechanisms of Action of Antiviral Drugs: The Interferons (pages 25–35): Edmund Tse and Michael R. Beard
Chapter 5 Pharmacology and Mechanisms of Action of Antiviral Drugs: Ribavirin Analogs (pages 36–42): Fred Poordad and Grace M. Chee
Chapter 6 Pharmacology and Mechanisms of Action of Antiviral Drugs: Polymerase Inhibitors (pages 43–52): Lotte Coelmont, Leen Delang, Mathy Froeyen, Piet Herdewijn and Johan Neyts
Chapter 7 Pharmacology and Mechanisms of Action of Antiviral Drugs: Protease Inhibitors (pages 53–59): Laurent Chatel?Chaix, Martin Baril and Daniel Lamarre
Chapter 8 Measuring Antiviral Responses (pages 60–63): Jean?Michel Pawlotsky and Stephane Chevaliez
Chapter 9 Genotype 1: Standard Treatment (pages 65–73): Rebekah G. Gross and Ira M. Jacobson
Chapter 10 Individually Tailored Treatment Strategies in Treatment?naive Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype 1 Patients (pages 74–83): Johannes Wiegand and Thomas Berg
Chapter 11 Genotype 1 Relapsers and Non?Responders (pages 84–89): Salvatore Petta and Antonio Craxi
Chapter 12 Standard Therapy for Genotypes 2/3 (pages 90–96): Kenneth Yan and Amany Zekry
Chapter 13 Altered Dosage or Durations of Cur
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Година:
2011
Издателство:
Wiley-Blackwell
Език:
english
Страници:
225
ISBN 10:
1444346342
ISBN 13:
9781444346343
Файл:
PDF, 5.23 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2011