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[Hepatitis C and systemic diseases]
A Gattoni1, A Cecere, C Romano
1Dip. di Internistica Clinica e Sperimentale F. Magrassi, II Università di Napoli.
La Clinica Terapeutica
|April 1, 1997
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes chronic hepatitis and liver cancer. This review examines HCV's links to immune system diseases and its potential role in causing them.
Area of Science:
- Hepatology
- Immunology
- Virology
Abstract:
In 1989 HCV was demonstrated to be the leading cause of non-A, non-B hepatitis. Not only HCV is able to determine chronic hepatitis in most patients, often leading to hepatocellular carcinoma, but it has also been shown to be strictly associated with a number of immunologically-mediated diseases. This review focuses on the reported associations between HCV and other diseases and the role that HCV might play in their pathogenesis.