Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . August 16th, 1999
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Therapy - IFN Useful in HCV Patients with Cirrhosis
Disease Markers - Portal Lymphadenopathy Suggests Liver Damage in HCV+
Genomics - Cyclin D1 Gene Plays Role in Hepatitis-Related Cancer
Research & Development - NIH Announces 8-Year Hepatitis Therapy Study
Risk Factors - IFN Therapy Reduces Liver Cancer in HCV Patients
Therapy - Prior Mood/Anxiety Problems Don't Preclude IFN Treatment
Therapy (HCV) - Ribavirin/IFN-(alpha) Shows Promise in Initial Nonresponders
Transmission (HCV) - Hepatitis Spread Through Endoscopes Could be Eliminated
Toxicity - IFN Patients Should be Screened Prior to Therapy
Dendritic Cells - Researchers Advance Way To Stimulate Human Immune System
Industry News (HBV Treatment) - Zeffix Approved in the European Union
Disease Associations - "Severe Atypical Psoriatic Erythroderma Precipitated by Acute Hepatitis B Infection."
Pathology (HCV) - "Does Hepatitis C Affect the Brain? A Proton Magnetic Resonance Study (MRS)."
Transmission (HCV) - "Vaginal Shedding of Hepatitis C Virus."
Blood Safety (HCV Contamination) - "High-Throughput Extraction, Amplification, and Detection (HEAD) of HCV-RNA in Individual Blood Donations."
HCV-Induced Hepatocellular Carcinoma - "Risk Factors for Development of Hepatocellular Carcinoma among Australians with Hepatitis C: A Case-Control Study."
HCV/HIV Coinfection - "Hepatitis C Virus-Associated Glomerular Disease in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Coinfection."
Interferon Therapy - "Enhancing the Response to Interferon-alpha."
Interferon Therapy (HBV) - "Retreatment of Chronic Hepatitis B e Antigen-Positive Patients with Recombinant Interferon alfa-2a."
Interferon Therapy (HCV) - "Efficacy of Interferon Treatment for Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C: Comparison of Response in Cirrhotics, Fibrotics, or Nonfibrotics."
Interferon Therapy (HCV) - "Expression of Interferon Receptor Genes in the Liver as a Predictor of Interferon Response in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C."
Interferon Therapy (HCV) - "Mutations in the NS5A Region Do Not Predict Interferon-Responsiveness in American Patients Infected with Genotype 1b Hepatitis C Virus."
Prognostics (HBV) - "Low Level Wild-type and Pre-core Mutant Hepatitis B Viruses and HBeAg Negative Reactivation of Chronic Hepatitis B."
Virology - "An Infectious Molecular Clone of a Japanese Genotype 1b Hepatitis C Virus."
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