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Hepatitis Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . December 9th, 2002

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in Hepatitis Weekly | Other Publications

Chronic Hepatitis C - Enzyme not indicative of sustained response after interferon

Hepatectomy - Postsurgical hepatitis linked to shortened survival

Cryoglobulinemia - Gene rearrangements frequent in hepatitis C patients

Drug Resistance - Gene transfer sensitizes liver cancer cells to chemotherapy

Hepatitis C Risk Factors - Virus thrives in sweat glands of chronic hepatitis C patients

Liver Cancer Therapy - Copper chelator trientine mediates liver cancer killing

Liver Transplantation - Time an enemy to liver cancer patients awaiting organ donation

Adverse Drug Effects - Profiles for sulphasalazine and mesalazine don't differ

Allograft Failure - Hepatitis C pathogenesis is influenced by cytomegalovirus

Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Chinese herbal medicine + interferon effectively treat chronic hepatitis B

Disease Markers - HCV infection with normal ALT levels results in less severe liver disease

Drug Interactions - Atorvastatin and diltiazem associated with rhabdomyolysis/acute hepatitis case

Epidemiology - Common source but differing signs, symptoms found in acute HCV outbreak

Finance - Company reports loss from operations was $39.6M

Fulminant Hepatitis B - Cytokine imbalance may play role in inflammation leading to liver damage

Hepatitis B - Six-month phase IIB data of Telbivudine released

Hepatitis B Therapy - Fatal viral reactivation reported after discontinuation of nucleoside analogues

Hepatitis B Therapy - Six months of oral ganciclovir ineffective against lamivudine-resistant HBV

Hepatitis B Virology - Weak protein-protein interactions can drive assembly of HBV capsids

Hepatitis C - FDA approves HCV qualitative assay

Hepatitis C - Priority Healthcare Corp. selected as the distributor for Pegasys Sampling Program

Hepatitis C Therapy - Best interferon therapy strategy depends on viral genotype, study finds

Hepatitis C Therapy - Infergen combination therapy more effective than Rebetron

Hepatitis D Therapy - Prenylation inhibitor prevents infectious hepatitis D virus particle production

Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Hypoxemia can be resolved after liver transplantation

Influenza - Shire announces vaccines alliance

Liver Cirrhosis - Cryoglobulinemia may predict cirrhosis risk in chronic hepatitis C patients

Liver Fibrosis - Predictive model could enable many chronic hepatitis C patients avoid biopsy

Liver Fibrosis - Study questions predictive value of ALT levels in hepatitis C patients

Liver Fibrosis - Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 attenuates resolution in mouse model

Liver Transplantation - Centrilobular fibrosis is not associated with hepatitis in children

Liver Transplantation - Lamivudine therapy is effective against de novo hepatitis B infection

Liver Transplantation - Slowly tapering off steroids protects graft against hepatitis C recurrence

Viral Liver Disease - Study examines regulatory mechanisms for immune complex levels

Virology - Key compounds donated to University of Arizona Foundation

Virology - Location of transactivating and proapoptotic functions found in X proteins

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