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Extrahepatic Manifestations of Chronic Viral C Hepatitis.
Salvatore PettaAntonio Craxìsubject
0301 basic medicineRiskSustained Virologic Responsemacromolecular substancesAntiviral AgentsVirusPathogenesisCohort Studies03 medical and health sciencesLiver disease0302 clinical medicineImmune systemDiabetes mellitusmedicineHepatitisbusiness.industryLymphoma Non-HodgkinMental DisordersGastroenterologyHepatitis C Chronicmedicine.diseaseCardiovascular disease Diabetes Extrahepatic complications HCV Immune-related disorders Kidney disease030104 developmental biologyCross-Sectional StudiesCryoglobulinemiaCardiovascular DiseasesImmunology030211 gastroenterology & hepatologybusinessKidney diseasedescription
Hepatits C virus (HCV) infection has been largely associated with extrahepatic comorbidities such as diseases related to dysregulation of the immune system, neuropsychiatric disorders, and cardiometabolic alterations. These clinical consequences, together with experimental evidence, suggest a potential (in)direct effect of HCV, contributing to the pathogenesis of these diseases. Various studies have reported a positive effect of viral eradication on occurrence and outcomes of extrahepatic diseases. These observations and the availability of safe and effective direct antiviral agents further underline the need to search for virological eradication in all infected individuals independent of the severity of the liver disease.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-12 | Gastroenterology clinics of North America |