title: Hepatitis C and kidney disease.
abstract: Multiple extrahepatic manifestations have been associated with chronic hepatitis C, the most important among them being cryoglobulinemia, glomerulonephritis, porphyria cutanea tarda, lichen planus, seronegative arthritis, and lymphoproliferative disorders as in the sudies of Bonkovsky and Mehta (2001) and El-Serag et al. (2002). We will discuss in this paper chronic hepatitis C- related kidney disease and course and management of patients with chronic hepatitis C in special circumstances like hemodialysis and kidney transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine (38), King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Ashik
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hayat
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mitwalli