[Systemic vasculitis due to hepatitis C virus].
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.
Cacoub
Patrice
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Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital de La Pitié-Salpêtrière, 83, Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Cedex 13 PARIS, France. patrice.cacoub@psl.aphp.fr
Sene
Damien
D
Saadoun
David
D
Piette
Jean-Charles
JC
Godeau
Pierre
P
D003449:Cryoglobulinemia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology*; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology*