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[Extrahepatic manifestations in hepatitis C. Are they overlooked?].
Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke - 10 Feb 2001
Kristiansen M G, Florholmen J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There are accumulating documentation of autoimmune mediated extrahepatic manifestations of hepatitis C virus infection. The virus is hepatotrophic and lymphotrophic. It mutates frequently with subsequent inadequate immune response and chronic stimulation of T and B cells. This may be one explanation for the increased frequency of the autoimmune diseases associated with hepatitis C virus infection....
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