RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Hepatitis C infection: A systemic disease with extrahepatic manifestations
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 1005
OP 1019
VO 72
IS 11
A1 Ali, Aman
A1 Zein, Nizar N.
YR 2005
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/72/11/1005.abstract
AB Mixed cryoglobulinemia, renal syndromes, lymphoproliferative disorders, Sjögren syndrome, porphyria cutanea tarda, and neuropathies are all strongly associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Diabetes, thyroid disease, and the presence of autoantibodies in the serum are also linked to HCV, but less strongly. The pathophysiologic basis for most of these syndromes seems immunologic. Cirrhosis and chronic HCV infection seem to be risk factors.