title: [Skin diseases associated with hepatitis C virus].
abstract: Chronic hepatic diseases caused by HBV or HCV infection not always demonstrate evident clinical symptoms of liver disease. Non-specific extrahepatic symptoms mainly skin leasions are helpful for establishing the proper diagnosis. This review illustrates the pathogenesis, epidemiology and clinical manifestations of HBV and HCV infections with a special attention to skin signs and symptoms which can associate these infections.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Klinika Dermatologii i Wenerologii Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Łodzi.
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Walczak-Koszela
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Klinika Dermatologii i Wenerologii Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Łodzi.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sysa-Jędrzejowska
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Klinika Dermatologii i Wenerologii Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Łodzi.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Woźniacka
mesh_terms: D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology*