Hepatitis C virus-associated oral lichen planus: no influence from hepatitis G virus co-infection.
There is a variable geographic distribution in the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related oral lichen planus (OLP), which appears unrelated to either HCV genotype or HCV epidemiology. The present study investigated whether hepatitis G virus (HGV) co-infection may be a feature of patients with HCV-related OLP, which might explain these phenomena. HGV co-infection was detected in 6 of 39 Italian patients with HCV-related OLP, but the presence of HGV did not influence the clinical presentation of OLP. It is concluded that HGV co-infection is unlikely to influence the clinical detection of HCV-related OLP.
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Department of Oral Medicine, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Science, University College London, UK.
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Harris
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Piattelli
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D005260:Female; D018067:Flaviviridae / Q000235:genetics; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000821:virology*; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D017676:Lichen Planus, Oral / Q000097:blood / Q000821:virology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015995:Prevalence; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood
D017931:DNA Primers; D012367:RNA, Viral