HCV and Related Liver Diseases /

More than 2 million people in Japan have chronic hepatitis C and many of them will lose their lives to liver cirrhosis or complications of hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatitis C virus-related diseases are a serious concern both in developing countries and in Japan and the United States, where the num...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Okita, Kiwamu
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan, 1999.
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Table of Contents:
  • Hepatitis C: Current Status and Future Directions for Antiviral Therapies
  • Different Quasispecies of Hepatitis C Virus in Human Serum, Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells, and Liver
  • High Prevalence of HCV Infection in Patients with Oral Cancer and Oral Precancerous Lesion
  • Hepatitis C Virus nonstructural Region 5A Protein: A Potent Transcriptional Activator
  • Natural Variation in Translational Activities of the 5'Nontranslated RNAs of Genotypes 1a and 1b Hepatitis C Virus: Evidence for a Long Range RNA-RNA Interaction Outside of the Internal Ribosomal Entry Segment
  • Mutation Pattern of Hepatitis C Virus and its Application to Therapy
  • Randomized Controlled Trial of Lymphoblastoid Interferon-f? for Chronic Hepatitis C; Early Disappearance of HCV RNA is Essential for Sustained Response
  • Use of Interferon-f? for Prevention of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Chronic Active Hepatitis C with Cirrhosis
  • Risk Factors for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Among Chronic Hepatitis C Patients Treated with Interferon.