Neuroscience
Neuropathy is a frequent complication of HCV-related mixed cryoglobulinemia
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, April 25th, 2005
According to published research from Italy, "a retrospective study was performed on 27 patients with hepatitis C (HCV)-related mixed cryoglobulinemia (purpura, arthralgia, hepatitis, glomerulonephritis, peripheral neuropathy) to assess peripheral nerve involvement during follow-up of up to 8 years."
"All patients had the same degree of organ/system involvement initially and were clinically evaluated at least annually. All 27 patients received steroids; 15 also received recombinant interferon-alpha2b (rIFN-alpha2b)," said A. Ammendola and colleagues, Second University of...
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