Viral Hepatitis - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470672951 ISBN 13: 9780470672952

Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2013

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THE 4TH EDITION OF VIRAL HEPATITIS COVERS COMPREHENSIVELY THE ENTIRE COMPLEX FIELD OF INFECTIONS CAUSED BY ALL OF THE DIFFERENT HEPATITIS VIRUSES, WHICH AFFECT MANY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WITH CONSIDERABLE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY. HOWARD THOMAS AND ARIE ZUCKERMAN ARE JOINED BY ANNA LOK FROM THE USA AND STEPHEN LOCARNINI FROM AUSTRALIA AS EDITORS.  THEY HAVE RECRUITED LEADING RESEARCHERS AND PHYSICIANS FROM MANY COUNTRIES, WHO HAVE PRODUCED AN AUTHORITATIVE ACCOUNT OF CURRENT KNOWLEDGE AND RESEARCH ON THIS IMPORTANT INFECTION, INCLUDING NEW INSIGHTS INTO IMMUNE RESPONSE TO HBV AND HCV.  THE RESULT IS A COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT ON ALL ASPECTS OF VIRAL HEPATITIS, INCLUDING RAPID ADVANCES IN THE DIAGNOSIS, MANAGEMENT, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF A COMPLEX INFECTION, WHICH IN THE CASE OF HEPATITIS B, C AND D MAY LEAD TO SEVERE COMPLICATIONS INCLUDING CHRONIC HEPATITIS, CIRRHOSIS AND HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA. THE LATEST EDITION OF VIRAL HEPATITIS OFFERS AN ESSENTIAL RESOURCE OF CURRENT INFORMATION FOR HEPATOLOGISTS, GASTROENTEROLOGISTS, INFECTIOUS DISEASES SPECIALISTS AND OTHER CLINICIANS, RESEARCHERS, PUBLIC HEALTH PHYSICIANS AND NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES.

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The 4th edition of Viral Hepatitis covers comprehensively the entire complex field of infections caused by all of the different hepatitis viruses, which affect many millions of people throughout the world with considerable morbidity and mortality. Howard Thomas and Arie Zuckerman are joined by Anna Lok from the USA and Stephen Locarnini from Australia as Editors. They have recruited leading researchers and physicians from many countries, who have produced an authoritative account of current knowledge and research on this important infection, including new insights into immune response to HBV and HCV. The result is a comprehensive account on all aspects of viral hepatitis, including rapid advances in the diagnosis, management, treatment and prevention of a complex infection, which in the case of hepatitis B, C and D may lead to severe complications including chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. The latest edition of Viral Hepatitis offers an essential resource of current information for hepatologists, gastroenterologists, infectious diseases specialists and other clinicians, researchers, public health physicians and National and International Health Authorities.

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VIRAL HEPATITIS, 4TH EDITION

Edited by Howard C. Thomas, Imperial College London, London,UK
Arie J. Zuckerman, University College London, London, UK
Anna S. F. Lok, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor,MI, USA
Stephen A. Locarnini, Victorian Infectious Diseases ReferenceLaboratory, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

The 4th edition of Viral Hepatitis coverscomprehensively the entire complex field of infections caused byall of the different hepatitis viruses, which affect many millionsof people throughout the world with considerable morbidity andmortality.

Howard Thomas and Arie Zuckerman are joined by Anna Lok from theUSA and Stephen Locarnini from Australia as Editors.  Theyhave recruited leading researchers and physicians from manycountries, who have produced an authoritative account of currentknowledge and research on this important infection, including newinsights into immune response to HBV and HCV. 

The result is a comprehensive account on all aspects of viralhepatitis, including rapid advances in the diagnosis, management,treatment and prevention of a complex infection, which in the caseof hepatitis B, C and D may lead to severe complications includingchronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.

The latest edition of Viral Hepatitis offers an essentialresource of current information for hepatologists,gastroenterologists, infectious diseases specialists and otherclinicians, researchers, public health physicians and National andInternational Health Authorities.

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• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0470672951
• ISBN 13: 9780470672952
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 4
• Anzahl der Seiten: 620
• Herausgeber: Thomas Howard C., Lok Anna S. F., Locarnini Stephen A., Zuckerman Arie J.