This book assembles recent achievements in both basic research andclinical management in the field of hepatology, virology and immu-nology. It provides up-to-date information for clinicians who canapply the relevant knowledge to their daily clinical practice and forresearchers who are interested in clinically orientated studies. Theupdated and detailed technology, state-of-the-art treatment strategiesprovided in this book serve as references for clinicians and residentphysicians in the daily management of ACLF. The rationality andstrategies for basic research as well as patient management in thisbook can also be a valuable reference for other fatal and end stage liverdiseases than HBV induced ACLF.
1 Introduction to Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Hepatitis B (AECHB) Qin Ning, Di Wu, Wei Guo, Wei-Na Li, Xiao-Jing Wang, and Ke Ma 2 Research Methods and Techniques for Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Hepatitis B Zhi Chen, Dong Xu, Tao Chen, Dao-Feng Yang, and Yi-Min Mao 3 Virological Factors Involved in AECHB Hong Tang, Mei-Fang Han, and Yi-Ming Zhang 4 Host Genetic Characters of Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Hepatitis B (AECHB) Yu-Ming Wang, Jun-Qi Niu, Guo-Hong Deng, and Ying-Ren Zhao 5 Immunological Features of AECHB Ping Lei, Guan-Xin Shen, Fu-Sheng Wang, Qin Ning, Hong Ren,Wei-Ming Yan, and Di Wu 6 Other Precipitating Factors for AECHB Bao-Hong Wang, Jing Guo, Lan-Juan Li, Tao Chen, Chun-Xia Guo,and Yong-Wen He