title: [Extrahepatic symptoms of HCV infection].
abstract: Numerous extrahepatic manifestations have been reported in association with hepatitis c virus (HCV) infection, including mixed cryoglobulinemia, porphyria cutanea tarda, membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, and a high prevalence of autoantibodies. The aims of the present paper is to present the prevalence of clinical and biologic extrahepatic manifestation and to identify associations between these manifestation. The prevalence of dermatologic, rheumatologic, neurological, and nephrologic manifestations, diabetes, arterial hypertension, autoantibodies, and cryoglobulins and liver histologic factors associated with the presence of extrahepatic manifestations reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Gastroenterología, Hospital Central Militar, Blvd. Manuel Avila Camacho S/N, Col. Lomas de Sotelo, Deleg. Miguel Hidalgo 11200 México, D.F. jaguilar@intelimedic.com
authors.forename: Juan Ramón
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Aguilar Ramírez
mesh_terms: D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Síntomas extrahepáticos de la infección por HCV.