Hepatitis C virus infection and the brain.

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While HCV was initially believed to uniformly cause liver inflammation with the consequence of liver cirrhosis in most of the infected patients, prospective studies have shown a much lower than expected rate of cirrhosis in patients infected for more than 20 years. However, a new problem associated with hepatitis C virus infection is emerging. This is the development of sometimes disabling fatigue. While many...

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