Overview
Provides a comprehensive summary of the advances in patient management to stimulate further research
Discusses the latest clinical and scientific information
Serves as a valuable resource for medical students, physicians and researchers dealing with, and interested in, this challenging viral infection
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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 managem
ent of patients with chronic HBV infection and investigation of HBV infection.Reviews
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Editor Jia-Horng Kao is a Professor at the Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. Professor Ding-Shinn Chen is a Professor at the Genomics Research Center, and the Academician of Academic Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Hepatitis B Virus and Liver Disease
Editors: Jia-Horng Kao, Ding-Shinn Chen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4843-2
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5245-4Published: 11 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-4843-2Published: 12 January 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 360
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 29 illustrations in colour
Topics: Hepatology, Infectious Diseases, Virology