DOI: 10.1055/s-00000069

Seminars in Liver Disease

Issue S 2 · Volume 24 · May 2004 DOI: 10.1055/s-002-3577 Chronic Hepatitis C Editor in Chief Paul D Berk M.D., Guest Editor Mitchell L Shiffman M.D.

INTRODUCTION

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Shiffman, Mitchell L.: Chronic Hepatitis C

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Afdhal, Nezam H.: The Natural History of Hepatitis C
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Ferreira-Gonzalez, Andrea; Shiffman, Mitchell L.: Use of Diagnostic Testing for Managing Hepatitis C Virus Infection
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Poynard, Thierry: Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus: The First Decade
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Ferenci, Peter: Predictors of Response to Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C
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Reddy, K. Rajender: Development and Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2a (40 kD)
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Heathcote, Jenny; Zeuzem, Stefan: Pegylated Interferon Monotherapy for Chronic Hepatitis C
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Fried, Michael W.; Hadziyannis, Stephanos J.: Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Infection with Peginterferons Plus Ribavirin
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Lee, Samuel S.: Histological Response to Interferon Alfa-Based Therapies in Hepatitis C
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Sterling, Richard K.; Sulkowski, Mark S.: Hepatitis C Virus in the Setting of HIV or Hepatitis B Virus Coinfection
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Poordad, Fred F.; Fabrizi, Fabrizio; Martin, Paul: Hepatitis C Infection Associated with Renal Disease and Chronic Renal Failure
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Charlton, Michael; Wiesner, Russell: Natural History and Management of Hepatitis C Infection After Liver Transplantation
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Brillanti, Stefano: Role of Amantadine and Other Adjuvant Therapies in the Treatment of Hepatitis C
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Foster, Graham R.: Past, Present, and Future Hepatitis C Treatments