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A Protocol for Analyzing Hepatitis C Virus Replication
Published on: June 26, 2014
[Central nervous system involvement in patients with hepatitis C infection]
S Younes1, S Chebel, S Boukhris
1Service de Neurologie, EPS Fattouma Bourguiba de Monastir, 5000 Monastir, Tunisie.
Abstract:
Central nervous system involvement in patients with hepatitis C infection have been rarely reported. Stroke and encephalopathic syndromes have been frequently attributed to the ischemia or hemorrhage associated with mixed cryoglobulinemia and anticardiolipin antibodies. We describe the case of a 31-year-old woman with cerebral ischemia who had hepatitis C infection confirmed by polymerase change reaction detection of HCV RNA but who was negative for cryoglobulinemia. Cerebral involvement may be the initial manifestation of hepatitis C infection.
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