title: [Hepatitis C and systemic diseases].
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.
authors.affiliation: Dip. di Internistica Clinica e Sperimentale F. Magrassi, II Università di Napoli.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gattoni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cecere
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caiazzo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tancredi
mesh_terms: D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000145:classification / Q000821:virology*; D019693:Hepatitis, Autoimmune / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008010:Lichen Planus / Q000821:virology; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000821:virology