title: [Systemic vasculitis due to hepatitis C virus].
abstract: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the leading cause of chronic liver disease in industrialized countries. HCV also causes a variety of extrahepatic disorders, of which systemic vasculitis, of the cryoglobulin or polyarteritis nodosa type, is the most severe. This article reviews the main diagnostic, pathophysiologic and therapeutic aspects of HCV-induced systemic vasculitis.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital de La Pitié-Salpêtrière, 83, Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Cedex 13 PARIS, France. patrice.cacoub@psl.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Patrice
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cacoub
authors.forename: Damien
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sene
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saadoun
authors.forename: Jean-Charles
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Piette
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Godeau
mesh_terms: D003449:Cryoglobulinemia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology*; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology*