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Hepatitis Delta in Focus: Episode 3 of Answering the Questions on Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Hepatitis Delta in Focus: Episode 3 of Answering the Questions on Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment
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Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Jun 19, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
In this episode, Nancy Reau, MD, and Heiner Wedemeyer, MD, provide expert insight on HDV management, including:Use of noninvasive imaging or biopsy for staging liver diseaseScreening for hepatocellular carcinomaHBV treatmentRole of comedications (eg, erythropoietin, eltrombopag)Approach to complex cases, such as patients with:Significant fibrosis and low HDV RNA levelsHepatitis delta antibody positivity, but HDV RNA negativityHIV coinfectionDecompensated or recently decompensated cirrhosisFaculty:Nancy Reau, MDProfessor of MedicineChief, Section of HepatologyAssociate Director, Solid Organ TransplantationRichard B. Capps Chair of HepatologyRush University Medical CenterChicago, IllinoisHeiner Wedemeyer, MDProfessor and ChairmanDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology Hannover Medical SchoolHannover, GermanyLink to full program: http://bit.ly/3yp1Lxf
Released:
Jun 19, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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