Rheumatic manifestations of hepatitis C infection

With the advent of serological testing for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) clinicians can better recognize disorders associated with a subset of non-A, non-B hepatitis. As with hepatitis A and B virus infections, HCV disease may be associated with arthritis. Three patients with atypical arthritis who we...

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Published inSeminars in arthritis and rheumatism Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 149 - 154
Main Authors Siegel, Lori B., Cohn, Lester, Nashel, David
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia, PA Elsevier Inc 01.12.1993
Elsevier
Subjects
Adult
arthralgia
Arthritis
Arthritis, Infectious - microbiology
Biological and medical sciences
hepatitis
Hepatitis C - complications
Hepatitis C - enzymology
Human viral diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Viral diseases
Viral hepatitis
arthralgia
hepatitis
Arthritis
Human
Symptomatology
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Polyarthritis
Digestive diseases
Complication
Review
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Summary:With the advent of serological testing for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) clinicians can better recognize disorders associated with a subset of non-A, non-B hepatitis. As with hepatitis A and B virus infections, HCV disease may be associated with arthritis. Three patients with atypical arthritis who were subsequently discovered to have HCV infection are described. HCV infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis in patients with atypical arthritis.
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ISSN:0049-0172
1532-866X
DOI:10.1016/S0049-0172(05)80035-6