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EASL Publishes Revised Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chronic Hepatitis B

The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) recently revised its clinical practice guidelines for the management of patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The new recommendations were announced at the International Liver Congress in April in Barcelona and published in the July 2012 Journal of Hepatology. alt

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EASL 2012: Telbivudine Effective for Hepatitis B Patients Selected with Roadmap

Telbivudine (Tyzeka) is an effective treatment for chronic hepatitis B with minimal emergence of drug resistance when using the "Roadmap" algorithm for selecting appropriate patients and deciding when to add other agents, according to a trio of studies presented at the 47th International Liver Congress (EASL 2012) last month in Barcelona.alt

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Complete Coverage of the 2012 International Liver Congress

HIVandHepatitis.com coverage of the 2012 International Liver Congress -- 47th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), April 18-22.

Conference highlights include experimental hepatitis C therapies, interferon-free regimens, boceprevir (Victrelis) and telaprevir (Incivek/Incivo) in real-world practice, difficult-to-treat patients, HIV/HCV coinfection, hepatitis B research, and liver cancer research.

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HIVandHepatitis.com EASL 2012 conference section

4/25/12

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EASL 2012: Having Only Wild-type Hepatitis B Virus Predicts Response to Interferon

Chronic hepatitis B patients who do not have 2 common HBV mutations are more likely to achieve undetectable viral load and HBsAg loss when treated with pegylated interferon, according to study findings presented at the 47th International Liver Congress (EASL 2012) last month in Barcelona.alt

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EASL 2012: Entecavir (Baraclude) Prevents Hepatitis B Recurrence after Liver Transplant

No patients treated with entecavir (Baraclude) after receiving liver transplants due to complications of chronic hepatitis B experienced virological recurrence, according to a study described at the 47th International Liver Congress (EASL 2012) last week in Barcelona.

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