Preventing and Managing Resistance to Anti-HBV Agents

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Clinical Care Options for Hepatitis

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CME-certified Treatment Update

Clinical Strategies for Preventing and Managing Resistance to Anti-HBV

Agents

This CME-certified Treatment Update provides a comprehensive review and

discussion of topics important to the optimal clinical management of

patients with hepatitis B virus infection.

The educational modules in this program include:

- Assessing HBV Virologic Markers

Locarnini, MD, PhD, FRC (Path), reviews the various uses of DNA as

an indicator of disease activity and as a prognostic marker in hepatitis B

virus (HBV) infection.

- Role of HBV DNA in Patient Management

Geoffrey M. Dusheiko, MD, FCP(SA), FRCP, reviews how measures of HBV DNA can

be used to assess individual HBV-infected patients.

- Definitions of HBV Treatment Failure and Resistance

Jean-Michel Pawlotsky, MD, reviews current definitions of HBV treatment

failure and resistance.

Natural History of Hepatitis B Virus Infection

- , MD, reviews current demographic trends of HBV infection in

the Western world as well as the emergence of mutant forms of the virus.

- Natural History of Chronic HBV Infection in Patients Receiving Anti-HBV

Therapy

K. K. Lau, MD, discusses current knowledge of the natural history of

chronic HBV infection in patients receiving anti-HBV drugs.

This Treatment Update is located online at:

http://clinicaloptions.com/Hepatitis/Treatment%20Updates/HBV%20Resistanceaspx

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This activity is jointly sponsored by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine

and Clinical Care Options, LLC.

Release date: April 14, 2006

Expiration date: April 13, 2007

Supported by an educational grant from Gilead Sciences.

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Clinical Care Options for Hepatitis

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CME-certified Treatment Update

Clinical Strategies for Preventing and Managing Resistance to Anti-HBV

Agents

This CME-certified Treatment Update provides a comprehensive review and

discussion of topics important to the optimal clinical management of

patients with hepatitis B virus infection.

The educational modules in this program include:

- Assessing HBV Virologic Markers

Locarnini, MD, PhD, FRC (Path), reviews the various uses of DNA as

an indicator of disease activity and as a prognostic marker in hepatitis B

virus (HBV) infection.

- Role of HBV DNA in Patient Management

Geoffrey M. Dusheiko, MD, FCP(SA), FRCP, reviews how measures of HBV DNA can

be used to assess individual HBV-infected patients.

- Definitions of HBV Treatment Failure and Resistance

Jean-Michel Pawlotsky, MD, reviews current definitions of HBV treatment

failure and resistance.

Natural History of Hepatitis B Virus Infection

- , MD, reviews current demographic trends of HBV infection in

the Western world as well as the emergence of mutant forms of the virus.

- Natural History of Chronic HBV Infection in Patients Receiving Anti-HBV

Therapy

K. K. Lau, MD, discusses current knowledge of the natural history of

chronic HBV infection in patients receiving anti-HBV drugs.

This Treatment Update is located online at:

http://clinicaloptions.com/Hepatitis/Treatment%20Updates/HBV%20Resistanceaspx

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This activity is jointly sponsored by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine

and Clinical Care Options, LLC.

Release date: April 14, 2006

Expiration date: April 13, 2007

Supported by an educational grant from Gilead Sciences.

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