TY - GEN digital ID - 131678752 TI - Hepatitis B Virus and Liver Disease AU - Kao, Jia-Horng AU - Chen, Ding-Shinn PY - 2018 SN - 9789811048432 PB - Singapore Springer Singapore, Imprint: Springer DB - UniCat KW - Medical microbiology, virology, parasitology KW - Gastroenterology KW - Infectious diseases. Communicable diseases KW - Human medicine KW - medische virologie KW - geneeskunde KW - virologie KW - gastro-enterologie KW - besmettelijke ziekten KW - hepatitis B KW - vaccinatie KW - leverziekten UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131678752 AB - 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 progression, and the mechanism of virus-induced hepatocarcinogenesis, as well as their potential applications in daily clinical practice. The clinical aspects of chronic HBV infection are examined in chapters on the global epidemiology, efficacy of HBV vaccination, natural history, co-infections with HCV, HDV or HIV, and management of special populations including children, pregnant women and patients undergoing immunosuppressive therapy. Further, it describes the advances and perspectives in the development of novel antiviral treatments as possible cures for HBV infection. The book is a valuable resource for medical students, physicians, and researchers who are interested in management of patients with chronic HBV infection and investigation HBV infection. ER -