CCO Expert Recap

Update on Hepatitis B Management

Source: CCO Independent Conference Coverage of the 2008 Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver*

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Update on Hepatitis B Management

Faculty:

Daniel Shouval, MD

CME CREDIT INFORMATION

Release Date: 06/18/08

Expiration Date: 06/17/09

Physicians: maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

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Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Describe the efficacy of peginterferon alfa or nucleos(t)ides in treatment-naive, HBV-infected patients
Discuss the safety and efficacy of changing treatment of HBV patients with suboptimal response to their initial nucleos(t)ide regimens
Recount strategies and outcomes for transplantation and hepatocellular carcinoma in the setting of HBV infection

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