Chronic Hepatitis C Virus

1. Epidemiology of Chronic HCV
Gary L. Davis

2. Acute HCV
Katja Deterding, Heiner Wedemeyer, Michael P. Manns

3. Assessing the Progression of Chronic HCV to Cirrhosis
Gonzolo Crespo, Stella M. Martinez, Xavier Forns

4. Chronic HCV and Steatosis
Dawn McDowell Torres, Stephen A. Harrison

5. Chronic HCV and Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Morris Sherman

6. Extrahepatic Manifestations of Chronic HCV
Vincenza Calvaruso, Antonio Craxì

7. Chronic HCV and HIV Coinfection
Patrick Ingiliz, Maud Lemoine, Yves Benhamou

8. Chronic HCV in Patients with Renal Disease
Paul Martin, Fabrizio Fabrizi

9. Does Treatment Alter the Natural History of Chronic HCV?
Fasiha Kanwal, Bruce R. Bacon

10. Treatment with Interferon and Ribavirin
William Kemp, Stuart K. Roberts

11. Immune Modulators and Other Agents
Edgar D. Charles, Ira M. Jacobson

12. Measuring HCV RNA and Assessing Virologic Response
Jean-Michel Pawlotsky

13. Response-Guided Therapy
Mitchell L. Shiffman

14. Managing the Side Effects of Therapy
Curtis Cooper

15. The Genetics of Virologic Response
Alison B. Jazwinski, Andrew J. Muir

16. Maintenance Therapy with Peginterferon
Raza Malik, Nezam H. Afdhal

17. Antiviral Targets in HCV
B. Kronenberger, S. Zeuzem

18. Mutations and the Development of Anti-viral Resistance
Anna Maria Geretti, Geoff Dusheiko

19. Peginterferon, Ribavirin and Anti-viral Triple Therapy
Patrick Marcellin, Nathalie Boyer, Tarik Asselah

20. Treating Chronic HCV Without Interferon and/or Ribavirin
Edward J. Gane

21. Maintenance Therapy with Oral Antiviral Agents
Andrew Aronsohn, Donald Jensen

22. Natural History of Chronic HCV After Liver Transplantation
Bart J. Veldt, Michael R. Charlton

23. Use of HCV-Positive Organs in Patients With and Without Chronic HCV
Elizabeth C. Verna, Robert S. Brown

24. Treating HCV Prior to Liver Transplantation
Alvaro Martinez-Camacho, Brett E. Fortune, Gregory T. Everson

25. Treating HCV After Liver Transplantation
Michael Chang, Hubert Sung, Sammy Saab

Nyckelord: Medicine & Public Health, Hepatology, Gastroenterology