Publisher's Synopsis
The discovery of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) genome is an epoch-making development which has opened up liver research to molecular and cellular biological techniques. Particularly, recombinant techniques and the clinical application of the polymerase chain reaction have made a tremendous impact upon the further understanding of the pathogenesis of viral hepatitis.;This book summarizes the present knowledge of autoimmune hepatitis and aims to encourage research in the immunology of hepatology.
