Extrahepatic Manifestations of Hepatitis C Virus: An Extending List | ||||
| Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases | ||||
| Article 5, Volume 2, Issue 1, March 2012, Page 36-53 PDF (1.25 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Review article and meta analysis | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/aeji.2012.15811 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Amira Soliman1; Soha El hawari2; Mohamed Refaey2; Nabila Ahmed  2; Mohamed Emara 2
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| 1Tropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt | ||||
| 2Tropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Hepatitis C virus is a hepato-lymphotropic virus that was also detected in various organs of the body. Furthermore, this form of infection may be presented for the first time by an extrahepatic manifestation. Different extrahepatic manifestations for hepatitis C was described; these extend from strong associations as in mixed cryoglobulinemia to others were anecdotal finding as vitiligo was reported. The list of extrahepatic manifestations of hepatitis C is extending. In this review we tried to shade the light on this expanding list. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| HepatitisC; mixed cryoglobulinemia; lymphoproliferative disorders; Porphyria cutanea tarda | ||||
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