TY - BOOK ID - 14301408 TI - Chronic viral hepatitis : diagnosis and therapeutics AU - Wu, George Y. AU - Shetty, Kirti. PY - 2009 SN - 1934115819 1617796573 9786612304699 1282304690 1597455652 PB - Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, DB - UniCat KW - Hepatitis B virus -- Physiological effect. KW - Hepatitis C virus -- Physiological effect. KW - Hepatitis, Viral -- Treatment. KW - Hepatitis, Viral. KW - Hepatitis, Viral KW - Hepatitis B virus KW - Hepatitis C virus KW - Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment KW - Hepatitis KW - Virus Diseases KW - Disease Attributes KW - Pathologic Processes KW - Liver Diseases KW - Diseases KW - Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms KW - Digestive System Diseases KW - Hepatitis, Viral, Human KW - Diagnosis KW - Chronic Disease KW - Medicine KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Gastroenterology KW - Treatment KW - Physiological effect KW - Liver KW - Viral hepatitis KW - Virus hepatitis KW - Diseases. KW - Medicine. KW - Gastroenterology. KW - Medicine & Public Health. KW - Internal medicine KW - Digestive organs KW - Clinical sciences KW - Medical profession KW - Human biology KW - Life sciences KW - Medical sciences KW - Pathology KW - Physicians KW - Virus diseases KW - Gastroenterology . UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14301408 AB - 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. ER -