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Less Terlipressin Effective in Variceal Bleeding The usual three days of terlipressin treatment after ligation of bleeding esophageal varices could possibly be cut down to a single day, according to Pakistani researchers.
Reuters Health Information, January 31, 2012
Four-Drug Therapy Wiped Out Hepatitis C Virus in Most Cases Combining the experimental oral drugs asunaprevir and daclatasvir with the established treatment of peginterferon alfa-2a and ribavirin eliminated all traces of HCV in the blood of every volunteer, even after ribavirin-peginterferon alfa-2a treatment had already failed.
Reuters Health Information, January 19, 2012

Rituximab Helpful Against HCV Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis
Reuters Health Information, January 17, 2012
Experimental Hepatitis C Vaccine Shows Early Promise
Reuters Health Information, January 5, 2012
Cirrhosis Tied to Increased Risk of Liver Cancer in Diabetics
Reuters Health Information, December 27, 2011
AASLD Telaprevir Not Cost Effective in All Patients With HCV
Medscape Medical News, December 6, 2011

Hepatitis C Perspectives

A 'Newer' Era of HCV Therapy Begins? Promising abstracts at The Liver Meeting this year portend well for HCV treatment in the near future.
Medscape Gastroenterology, December 16, 2011
From the Upper GI to the Lower GI: A Recap of ACG 2011 Dr. David Johnson offers his perspective on some of the key scientific presentations from this year's American College of Gastroenterology meeting.
Medscape Gastroenterology, November 18, 2011

John Bartlett's Game Changers in Infectious Disease: 2011
Medscape Infectious Diseases, October 26, 2011
Preview: Hot Topics of Clinical Interest at IDSA 2011
Medscape Infectious Diseases, October 20, 2011
Predicting Outcomes in Hep C Vasculitis
Medscape Rheumatology, July 19, 2011
Telaprevir for Hepatitis C: Moving Toward a Cure
Medscape Gastroenterology, July 13, 2011

Journals

Peginterferon for Recurrent HCV After Liver Transplantation
Journal of Viral Hepatitis, February 7, 2012
Determining Virological Response in Chronic HCV Patients
Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, February 7, 2012
What Is Killing People With Hepatitis C Virus Infection?
Seminars in Liver Disease, February 1, 2012
Predicting Nonresponse to Antiviral Therapy in Chronic HCV
Journal of Viral Hepatitis, January 30, 2012
Transmission of HCV Through Transplanted Organs and Tissue
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, January 29, 2012

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