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Diseases, Conditions and Symptoms Associated with Hepatitis C

Again a very special thanks to Myles Green for putting this all together.

Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome

Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome and Hepatitis C

Enhanced Lipid Peroxidation in Patients
Positive for Antiphospholipid Antibodies

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Autoimmune Hepatitis

Autoimmune Hepatitis Type 2 Induced by HCV
and Persisting After Viral Clearance

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Blood Cell Disorders

Laboratory and Thrombokinetic Study of HCV-associated Thrombocytopenia:
A Direct Role of HCV in Bone Marrow Exhaustion?

In Vivo CAMPATH-1 Followed by T Cell-Depleted Bone Marrow
Transplantation: A Potential New Mode of Therapy For Hepatitis
Associated Severe Aplastic Anemia (SAA)

Hepatitis C Virus-Induced Leuko-Thrombocytopenia and Haemolysis

Interferon Increases Serum Thrombopoietin in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C

Immune Thrombocytopenia and Alpha-Interferon Therapy

Evidence for an Immunological Pathogenesis of
Thrombocytopenia in Chronic Liver Disease

Thrombocytopenia Associated With Hepatitis C Viral Infection

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Bone Mineral Disease

Hepatitis C-Associated Osteosclerosis: Late Onset
After Blood Transfusion in an Elderly Woman

Metabolic bone disease of liver cirrhosis: is it
parallel to the clinical severity of cirrhosis?

Osteoporosis and Bone Mineral Metabolism Disorders in Cirrhotic
Patients Referred for Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

Hepatic Osteodystrophy: A Review

Osteodystrophy in Patients With Chronic
Hepatitis and Liver Cirrhosis.

Amount and Composition of Bone
Minerals in Chronic Liver Disease

Osteodystrophy in Patients With Chronic
Hepatitis and Liver Cirrhosis

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Carcinomas

High Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus-Antibody and RNA
in Patients with Head and Neck Squamous-Cell Carcinoma

Focal Liver Masses: Characterization With
Diffusion-Weighted Echo-Planar MR Imaging.

Mortality From Liver Cancer and Liver Disease in Haemophilic Men
and Boys in UK Given Blood Products Contaminated With Hepatitis C.

Liver Hemangioma: US-Guided 18-Gauge Core-Needle Biopsy.

Hemangiopericytoma of the Liver: Immunohistochemical Observations,
Expression ofAngiogenic Factors, and Review of the Literature

Hyperechoic Pseudotumors in Segment IV of the Liver.

A Giant Hepatic Hemangioma With Secondary Portal
Hypertension: a Case Report of Successful Surgical Treatment

Cavernous Hemangiomas of the Liver: Enlargement Over Time.

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Cardiovascular

Altered Cardiovascular Responsiveness to
Active Tilting in Nonalcoholic Cirrhosis

Serum-Lipid and Lipoprotein Patterns in Patients
with Liver-Cirrhosis and Chronic Active Hepatitis.

HCV Associated With Anticardiolipin Antibody and a
Cerebrovascular Accident. Response to Interferon Therapy

Interferon-ALPHA Does Not Cause Significant Cardiac
Dysfunction in Patients With Chronic Active Hepatitis.

Lipoprotein(A) Levels and Interferon Therapy
in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C

Serum Lipid and Lipoprotein Patterns in Patients
With Liver Cirrhosis and Chronic Active Hepatitis

Chronic Variant of Myocarditis Associated With HCV Infection

Myocarditis Variant Linked To Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Serum Lipid and Lipoprotein Patterns in Patients
With Liver Cirrhosis and Chronic Active Hepatitis

Strokes Seen in Hepatitis Patients With Mixed Cryoglobulinemia.

Progressive Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Subjective
Tinnitus and Vertigo Caused by Elevated Blood Lipids

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Diabetes

Serum Chalestatic Enzymes and Prevalence of Diabetes
and Gallstones in Chronic Viral Liver Disease.

High Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Diabetic Patients.

Diabetes Mellitus, Insulin Resistance and
Hypocatabolism in Chronic HCV Infection.

Hepatitis C May Be a Cause of Diabetes

Excess Prevalence Of Hepatitis C Seen In Diabetics

Evidence for a Link Between HCV Infection
and Diabetes Mellitus in a Cirrhotic Population

Diabetes Mellitus and the Risk of Primary Liver Cancer.

Diabetes Drug, Liver Damage Linked

Treatment of Diabetes With Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs

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Extrahepatic Manifestations

Extrahepatic Immunologic Features of Chronic Viral Hepatitis

EXTRAHEPATIC MANIFESTATIONS OF HCV

HEPATITIS C IN SPECIAL CLINICAL CONDITIONS

Immunologic and Extrahepatic Manifestations of HCV Infection

PREVALENCE OF HCV WITH LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS

The Spectrum of Extrahepatic Manifestations
in Hepatitis C Virus Infection

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Hepatitis C and the Eyes

EYE AND HEPATITIS C

Retinal Complications During Interferon
Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C

Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Secondary to Interferon Alfa

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Hepatitis C and Fibromyalgia

FIBROMYALGIA: WHAT IS IT?

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis,
Epidemic Neuromyasthenia, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Hepatitis C Virus Might Induce Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia in Hepatitis C Virus Infection:
Another Infectious Disease Relationship

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Hepatitis C and Hemophilia

Treatment of Anti-HIV-Negative Hemophilic Patients With Chronic HCV

Frequent Reinfection and Reactivation of
Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes in Multitransfused Hemophiliacs

HEMOPHILIA

High-Dose and Long-Term Therapy of
Interferon in Hemophiliac Patients With Chronic HCV

Increased Mortality Risk In Hemophiliacs
With Liver Disease And Hepatitis C

Interferon Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis C Infection in Hemophiliacs--
Influence of Virus Load, Genotype, and Liver Pathology on Response

Haemophilia

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Hepatitis C and Iron

Hemosiderin Deposition in Portal Endothelial Cells is a Histologic Marker
Predicting Poor Response to Interferon-Alpha Therapy in Chronic Hepatitis C

Hepatitis-Associated Aplastic Anemia

Iron and Porphyria Cutanea Tarda

Iron in Liver Diseases Other Than Hemochromatosis

IRON OVERLOAD IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC
VIRAL HEPATITIS - HOW COMMON IS IT

LIVER IRON CONCENTRATION AND DISTRIBUTION IN CHRONIC
HEPATITIS C BEFORE AND AFTER INTERFERON TREATMENT

Pure Red Cell Aplasia Associated With Hepatitis C Infection

Liver Iron Influences the Response to
Interferon Alpha Therapy in Chronic Hepatitis C

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Kidney

Impairment of Renal Function During Moderate Physical Exercise in Cirrhotic
Patients With Ascites: Relationship With the Activity of Neurohormonal Systems

HCV Related Proteins in Kidney Tissue From HCV Infected Patients
With Cryoglobulinemic Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis

Therapy of Hepatorenal Syndrome

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Lichen Planus

An Atypical Verrucous Carcinoma of the Tongue Arising in a Patient
with Oral Lichen Planus Associated with Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Immunological Evaluation in Oral Lichen Planus With Chronic Hepatitis C

Oral Lichen Planus and Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A Fortuitous Association?

Recognizing and Managing the Oral Clues That Point to Sjögren's Syndrome

Antibodies to Epithelial Components in Oral Lichen Planus (OLP)
Associated with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection

Compiled abstracts for Lichen Planus (17/7/97)

Development of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in
Hepatitis C Virus-Associated Lichen Planus

Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Italian Patients With Oral
Lichen Planus: A Prospective Case-Control Study

Exacerbation of Lichen Planus Under Interferon-Alpha-2a Therapy

Lichen Planus and Sjogren-Type Sicca
Syndrome in a Patient with Chronic Hepatitis C

Lichen Planus Associated with Liver Disease Caused by Hepatitis C Virus

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Lymphoadenopathy

Enlargement of Perihepatic Lymph Nodes in Relation to
Liver Histology and Viremia in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C

Lymph Vessel Expansion and Function in the
Development of Hepatic Fibrosis and Cirrhosis

Ultrasound-Detected Abdominal Lymphadenopathy in Chronic
Hepatitis C: High Frequency and Relationship with Viremia

Acquired Osteosclerosis Associated with
Intravenous Drug use and Hepatitis C Infection

Peripancreatic Lymphoadenopathy and Extrahepatic
Immunological Manifestations in Chronic Hepatitis C

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Lymphomas

Hepatitis C Appears to Prompt Burkitt's Lymphoma

High Prevalance of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in
Patients with B Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorders in Italy

Characterization of Overt B-Cell Lymphomas
in Patients With Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Malignant Lymphoma of the Stomach After
Chemotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

More Evidence that HCV Infection has a Role in B-Cell Malignancies

Primary Hepatic Lymphoma Associated with Chronic Hepatitis C

The Relationship between Primary Splenic Malignant Lymphoma
and Chronic Liver Disease Associated with Hepatitis C Virus Infection

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Lymphoproliferative Disorders

HCV and Lymphoproliferative Disorders

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Metabolic Disorders

Carnitine Metabolism in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease

Effect of Moderate Exercise on Insulin Sensitivity and Substrate
Metabolism During Post-Exercise Recovery in Cirrhosis

HLA-DRB1 is Related to the Pathalogical
Changes of the Liver in Chronic Hepatitis C

Influence of Zinc and Selenium Deficiency on
Parameters Relating to Thyroid Hormone Metabolism

Plasma Vitamin A Levels--a Diagnostic Indicator of Hepatitis
in an Institutionalized Mentally Retarded Population

Type IIIb Glycogen Storage Disease Associated With
End-Stage Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Allelic-Expression Imbalance of the Insulin-Like Growth Factor 2
Gene in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Underlying Disease

Autoantibodies against Glucuronosyltransferases
Differ Between Viral Hepatitis and Autoimmune Hepatitis

A Clinical Hepatologist's Predictions About Non-Absorbed
Carbohydrates for the Early Twenty-First Century

Differential Expression of Transforming Growth Factor
Alpha and Insulin-Like Growth Factor II in Chronic Active
Hepatitis B, Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Insulin-Like Growth Factors Stimulate Expression of
Hepatocyte Growth Factor but not Transforming
Growth Factor Beta1 in Cultured Hepatic Stellate Cells

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Rheumatology

Focus On Rheumatoid Arthritis

Hepatitis C Infection Presenting with Rheumatic
Manifestations: A Mimic of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Interstitial Lung Fibrosis and Rheumatic Disorders
in Patients with Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Arthritis in a Patient with Psoriasis after
Interferon-Alpha Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C

Rheumatologic and Autoimmune Manifestations in
Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Viral Arthritis

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Sjogren's Syndrome

Lymphomas in Patients With Sjogren's Syndrome Are Marginal
Zone B-Cell Neoplasms, Arise in Diverse Extranodal and Nodal
Sites, and Are Not Associated With Viruses

Immunohistochemistry of Minor Salivary Gland
Biopsy Specimens From Patients with Sjogren's
Syndrome With and Without Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Gougerot Sjogren Syndrome and
Hepatitis C Virus: What Relation?

Hepatitis C Virus Infection in 'Primary' Sjogren's Syndrome:
Prevalence and Clinical Significance in a Series of 90 Patients

Sialadenitis Histologically Resembling Sjogren Syndrome in
Mice Transgenic for Hepatitis C Virus Envelope Genes

Hypergammaglobulinemic Purpura Associated With
Sjogren's Syndrome and Chronic C Type Hepatitis

Chronic Lymphocytic Sialoadenitis in HCV-Related
Chronic Liver Disease: Comparison of Sjogren's Syndrome

Clinical Features, Pathogenesis, and Treatment of Sjogren's Syndrome

Development of Sjogren's Syndrome During Treatment With
Recombinant Human Interferon-Alpha-2b For Chronic Hepatitis C

High Prevalence of Hearing Loss Reported

Lichen Planus and Sjogren-Type Sicca
Syndrome in a Patient With Chronic Hepatitis C

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Skin Problems

Type of Impaired Porphyrin Metabolism Caused by Hepatitis C Virus
Is Not Porphyria Cutanea Tarda but Chronic Hepatic Porphyria

HEPATITIS ASSOCIATED VASCULITIC MULTIPLE MONONEUROPATHY

PCT and Hepatitis C Virus

Porphyria Cutanea Tarda and Hepatitis C Viral Infection: A Clinical and Virologic Study

Diagnosis (HCV); Skin Lesions Occurring Only with HCV Infection Reported

Hepatitis C Virus in Dermatology: A Review

Pruritis in Chronic Hepatitis C: Association With High Serum
Bile Acids, Advanced Pathology, and Bile Duct Abnormalities

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Sleep Disorders

Restless Legs Syndrome: Diagnosis and Treatment

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Thyroid Problems

HCV 1B PREDICTIVE OF IFN-INDUCED THYROID TOXICITY

Thyroid Abnormalities in Chronic Viral Hepatitis
and Their Relationship to Interferon Alfa Therapy

An Episode of Silent Thyroiditis in a Patient
With Chronic Thyroiditis and Papillary Adenocarcinoma
Following Alpha Interferon Treatment for Hepatitis C

Compiled Thyroid Abstracts (part 1)

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MORE TO COME!!

This page was last updated March 30^th, 1998.

^©1998 by HepC VSG

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