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Published on: February 3, 2012
[Extrahepatic manifestations in hepatitis C]
1Lunge- og infektionsmedicinsk Afdeling S, Hillerød Hospital, Denmark. malene.risum@gmail.com
Abstract:
Hepatitis C does not only affect the liver, but also manifests outside the liver. The skin, kidneys and nervous system are often involved due to mixed cryoglobulinaemia. Porphyria cutanea tarda, lymphoma and thyroid diseases among others can also attend a chronic infection, but the exact pathogenesis behind these manifestations is not clearly mapped. Antiviral treatment is reported to induce sustained virological response in more than half of the treated patients with a variable clinical response in the extrahepatic manifestations.
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