title: Hepatitis C infection and chronic renal diseases.
abstract: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and chronic renal diseases can be linked in two different ways. Some forms of renal disease are precipitated by HCV infection, while patients with end-stage renal disease are at increased risk for acquiring HCV infection. Patients with chronic HCV infection and renal disease have a poor prognosis. Most studies on treatment of HCV and renal diseases have been uncontrolled trials with small number of subjects. So, there is a lack of evidence-based recommendations and guidelines on the management of this condition. In this review, we will attempt to provide the most recent insights on HCV infection both as a extrahepatic manifestations and as a complication of end-stage renal patients.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Clínica Médica da Disciplina de Moléstias Infecciosas, Grupo de Estudo das Hepatites Virais, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, Brazil. aline.vigani@sigmanet.com.br.|Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, PO Box 6198, Campinas, São Paulo, 13083-970, Brazil. aline.vigani@sigmanet.com.br.
authors.forename: Aline Gonzalez
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Vigani
keywords: Chronic renal diseases; Hepatitis C; Treatment