List of principal contributors | p. viii |
List of chairpersons | p. x |
Preface | p. xi |
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Session I) Chair | |
State-of-the-Art Lecture: Pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease: converging paradigms | p. 3 |
The role of the epithelium in inflammatory bowel disease | p. 9 |
Implications of genetics for clinical practice | p. 12 |
Epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease in China | p. 19 |
State-of-the-Art Lecture: The enteric microbiota: implications in inflammatory bowel disease | p. 29 |
Can we predict the natural history of ulcerative colitis? | p. 38 |
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Session II) Chair | |
Practical use of steroids in inflammatory bowel disease | p. 49 |
Prevention of cancer in inflammatory bowel disease and the potential chemopreventive effect of aminosalicylates | p. 55 |
Therapy of inflammatory bowel disease: bottom-up or top-down? | p. 67 |
State-of-the-Art Lecture: The future of biologic therapy in Asia | p. 70 |
Chronic Liver Disease (Session I) Chair | |
State-of-the-Art Lecture: The liver as an immune organ | p. 77 |
Treatment Strategies for hepatitis B in the West | p. 87 |
Treatment Strategies of hepatitis B in China | p. 96 |
State-of-the-Art Lecture: Treatment of hepatitis C | p. 105 |
State-of-the-Art Lecture: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: concepts on pathogenesis and therapy | p. 120 |
Liver fibrogenesis: how to stop progression? | p. 125 |
Clinical aspects of primary biliary cirrhosis | p. 130 |
Chronic Liver Disease (Session II) Chair | |
Pathophysiology of portal hypertension and variceal bleeding | p. 137 |
Management of ascites and hepatorenal syndrome | p. 149 |
Antiviral therapy for hepatitis B virus-associated hepatic failure | p. 164 |
Adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation - triumphs and challenges | p. 176 |
Chronic infection of hepatitis B virus and hepatocellular carcinoma in China | p. 179 |
Index | p. 185 |
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