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            <description>CCO Slideset - In this downloadable slideset, Chul S. Hyun, MD, PhD, provides an overview of hepatitis B for primary care providers. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>Learning Module - In this CME-certified slideset, Raymond T. Chung, MD, and David R. Nelson, MD, review key studies in viral hepatitis from the 2011 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases meeting. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <title>Current Chronic Hepatitis B Screening Recommendations for US Populations Found to Be Cost-Effective in Modeling Analyses</title>
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            <description>CCO Slideset - Findings suggest that screening in US populations with HBV prevalence as low as 0.3% may be cost-effective and suggest that current health policy on HBV screening may need to be reconsidered. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>CCO Slideset - In this downloadable slideset, Raymond T. Chung, MD, and David R. Nelson, MD, review key studies of viral hepatitis from the 2011 annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>CCO Slideset - In this Downloadable Slideset, Robert G. Gish, MD, provides guidance on the optimal use of virologic and serologic tests in the diagnosis and management of hepatitis B. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>Resource - In this Interactive Virtual Presentation, Robert G. Gish, MD, provides case-based guidance on the optimal use of virologic and serologic tests in the diagnosis and management of hepatitis B. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>Resource - Watch, listen, and test your knowledge as Peter Ferenci, MD, reviews the latest information on the epidemiology of HCV, screening recommendations, and baseline predictors of response to therapy. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>Learning Module - In this Expert Analysis, Graham R. Foster, FRCP, PhD; Paul Y. Kwo, MD; and Stefan Zeuzem, MD, provide an in-depth review of the most clinically relevant new data presented at the 2011 EASL meeting on the management of hepatitis C and other key topics. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>CCO Slideset - Nezam H. Afdhal, MD, FRCPI and Paul Martin, MD, highlight key data on HCV new agents, hepatitis B, nonviral hepatitis, and advanced liver disease from the 2011 EASL meeting. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>In this study, polymorphisms near IL28B appeared to predict likelihood of response following pegIFN treatment of chronic hepatitis B. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <title>Retrospective Study Finds HBsAg Kinetics Differ During Treatment With Peginterferon vs Entecavir</title>
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            <description>CCO Slideset - HBsAg decline primarily occurred in HBeAg-positive patients treated with either entecavir or peginterferon monotherapy who cleared HBeAg, whereas in HBeAg-negative patients, HBsAg decline was observed only with peginterferon monotherapy and not entecavir monotherapy. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>Capsule Summary - High rate of virologic response observed, independent of baseline lamivudine and adefovir resistance mutations (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>CCO Slideset - Seventy-five percent of patients who attain both HBsAg &amp;#8804; 300 IU/mL and &gt; 1 log10 IU/mL decrease in HBsAg at Month 6 expected to attain sustained response to full course of peginterferon therapy. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>Case Challenge - Myron J. Tong, MD, PhD, reviews guideline recommendations and key factors to consider when managing an HBeAg-negative Chinese immigrant who is fearful of Western medicine. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>Learning Module - Anna S. F. Lok, MD; Patrick Marcellin, MD; and Norah Terrault, MD, MPH, discuss the potential clinical implications of the most pertinent new HBV data presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>Case Challenge - Robert G. Gish, MD, discusses optimal management strategies for an HBeAg-positive woman of childbearing age. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>CCO Slideset - Join Nezam H. Afdhal, MD, FRCPI, as he outlines AASLD guidelines and offers practical information on treatment and monitoring of HBV-infected patients. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>Resource - In this Interactive Virtual Presentation, Nezam H. Afdhal, MD, FRCPI, provides an in-depth review of the most recent expert guidelines on the optimal treatment of patients with chronic HBV infection. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>CCO Slideset - Robert G. Gish, MD, and Stephen A. Harrison, MD, FACP, review the most clinically relevant data from this important annual meeting. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>CCO Slideset - In this downloadable slideset, Kris V. Kowdley, MD, FACP, FACG, FASGE, AGAF, reviews the latest guideline recommendations on HBV screening, diagnosis, and treatment candidacy. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>CCO Slideset - The results of a small single-center study demonstrated that nearly all patients with HBeAg seroconversion who discontinued nucleos(t)ide analogue therapy after at least 6 months of consolidation had HBV disease progression within 5 years. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>CCO Slideset - At 6 years of follow-up, most patients, including those with advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis, experienced improvement in liver histology and fibrosis with entecavir treatment. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>CCO Slideset - At 6 years of follow-up, most patients, including those with advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis, experienced improvement in liver histology and fibrosis with entecavir treatment. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>CCO Slideset - Presence of adefovir- or lamivudine-associated resistance mutations did not predict treatment response, but patient adherence to study medication was an important factor in achieving HBV DNA suppression. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>Learning Module - Anna S. F. Lok, MD, discusses factors to consider when evaluating patients with chronic hepatitis B infection for initiating treatment. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>Learning Module - Join Maria Buti, MD; Anna S. F. Lok, MD; and Patrick Marcellin, MD, as they review and discuss the latest data on the treatment of chronic HBV infection presented at the 2009 European Association for the Study of the Liver annual meeting. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>Case Challenge - Attempt this Interactive Case Challenge and learn strategies for frontline regimen selection and on-treatment management of patients with HBeAg-negative chronic HBV infection with Calvin Q. Pan, MD, FACP, FACG. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>Learning Module - Robert G. Gish, MD, describes the latest data and reviews the most recent guidelines on the optimal selection of first-line therapy for patients with chronic hepatitis B infection. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>CCO Slideset - In 2 randomized trials, HBeAg-positive and HBeAg-negative patients receiving tenofovir for 48 weeks achieved higher rates of HBV DNA suppression vs adefovir and significantly more HBeAg-positive patients achieved ALT normalization and HBsAg loss with tenofovir vs adefovir. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>Case Challenge - Learn about frontline regimen selection and on-treatment management of an HBeAg-positive patient and apply this learning with Albert D. Min, MD, in this Interactive Case Challenge. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>Capsule Summary - In 2 randomized trials, HBeAg-positive and HBeAg-negative patients receiving tenofovir for 48 weeks achieved higher rates of HBV DNA suppression vs adefovir and significantly more HBeAg-positive patients achieved ALT normalization and HBsAg loss with tenofovir vs adefovir. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>CCO Slideset - In a prospective study, &gt; 0.5 log10 IU/mL decrease in HBsAg at Week 12 or &gt; 1.0 log10 IU/mL decrease at Week 24 had high predictive value for subsequent SVR in HBeAg-negative patients treated with peginterferon alfa-2a. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>Capsule Summary - Baseline adefovir and lamivudine resistance mutations did not impair subsequent Week 96 response to tenofovir +/- emtricitabine. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>Capsule Summary - Undetectable HBV DNA at treatment Week 24 associated with improved long-term (3 years) virologic, biochemical, and serologic outcomes vs patients with detectable Week 24 HBV DNA. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <link>http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2371289&amp;cid=s_33082_20_f&amp;fid=33082&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.clinicaloptions.com%2FHepatitis%2FConference%2520Coverage%2FCopenhagen%25202009%2FTracks%2FHBV%2520Treatment%2FCapsules%2F907.aspx</link>
            <description>Capsule Summary - Combination of peginterferon alfa-2a and telbivudine not recommended due to increased rates of peripheral neuropathy. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>Capsule Summary - Virologic, biochemical, and immunologic response rates were statistically similar among cirrhotic vs noncirrhotic patients treated with 96 weeks of tenofovir. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>Capsule Summary - Entecavir resistance rare in treatment-naive patients but common at Year 6 in patients with lamivudine-refractory HBV. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>Capsule Summary - A higher rate of seroprotection was achieved with the HBsAg-1018 immunostimulatory sequence vs the standard HBV vaccine, even among participants aged 40-55 years. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <title>HBsAg Levels Reduced by Telbivudine Treatment in HBeAg-Positive Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B From GLOBE Study</title>
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            <description>Capsule Summary - Rapid HBsAg decline during the first year of telbivudine therapy predictive of a high rate of HBsAg clearance at Year 3. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>Capsule Summary - More than one half of HBeAg-negative patients sustained response to long-term adefovir therapy for &gt; 4 years after treatment discontinuation. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>Capsule Summary - Birth defect rates were similar with first vs second/third trimester exposure to antiretrovirals in the Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry cohort. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>Capsule Summary - Virologic response rate to entecavir significantly lower in patients with lamivudine resistance vs those without. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <title>Clinical Utility of ALT in Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Hepatitis B</title>
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            <description>CCO Virtual Presentation - W. Ray Kim, MD, discusses the importance of ALT in hepatitis B and outlines management approaches for patients with normal ALT levels. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <title>Preventing Nucleos(t)ide Resistance in Treatment-Naive Patients</title>
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            <description>Learning Module - Marc G. Ghany, MD, discusses oral agents for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B, their potency, and barriers to resistance and how this impacts the selection of initial treatment regimens. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <title>New Management Strategies for HCV Nonresponders and Relapsers</title>
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            <description>Learning Module - Mitchell L. Shiffman, MD, reviews the various types of virologic response in patients treated for hepatitis C virus infection, discusses what factors are associated with better responses, and summarizes the most recent data available on various retreatment strategies. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <title>Tools for the Assessment of HBV Resistance in Clinical Practice</title>
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            <description>Learning Module - Dr. Fabien Zoulim describes assays for HBV drug resistance. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <title>A Practical Guide to Management of Patients With Antiviral Drug-Resistant HBV</title>
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            <description>Learning Module - Anna S. F. Lok, MD, discusses the definitions, consequences of, and treatment strategies for HBV drug resistance. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <title>Management of a Treatment-Naive, HBeAg-Positive, Asian American Patient</title>
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            <description>Case Challenge - Jules L. Dienstag, MD, reviews the factors involved in selecting the optimal treatment in patients seeking first-line therapy for hepatitis B. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <description>Learning Module - Jorge L. Herrera, MD, reviews the top hepatology articles from the past year and reviews their applications for clinical practice. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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            <title>Management of a 52-Year-Old HBeAg-Positive, Treatment-Naive Female Seeking Hepatitis B Therapy</title>
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            <description>Case Challenge - Robert G. Gish, MD, reviews the importance of HBV DNA in determining treatment candidacy and making on-treatment decisions in hepatitis B management in this interactive case challenge. (Source: Clinical Care Options Hepatitis - HBV)</description>
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