Hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) viruses differ both in viral structure and in natural history of chronic infection. However, they seem to share, although to a different extent, some characteristics, like the possibility to infect not only hepatic but also lymphatic cells and to associate with some hepatic and/or extrahepatic disorders of an autoimmune and/or lymphoproliferative nature. These characteristics have been more widely studied in the case of chronic HCV infection, where they aremore evident, but they have been described also in the case of HBV infection.

HBV and HCV chronic infection: Autoimmune manifestations and lymphoproliferation / A.L. Zignego; A. Piluso; C. Giannini. - In: AUTOIMMUNITY REVIEWS. - ISSN 1568-9972. - STAMPA. - 8:(2008), pp. 107-111.

HBV and HCV chronic infection: Autoimmune manifestations and lymphoproliferation

ZIGNEGO, ANNA LINDA;PILUSO, ALESSIA;GIANNINI, CARLO
2008

Abstract

Hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) viruses differ both in viral structure and in natural history of chronic infection. However, they seem to share, although to a different extent, some characteristics, like the possibility to infect not only hepatic but also lymphatic cells and to associate with some hepatic and/or extrahepatic disorders of an autoimmune and/or lymphoproliferative nature. These characteristics have been more widely studied in the case of chronic HCV infection, where they aremore evident, but they have been described also in the case of HBV infection.
2008
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107
111
A.L. Zignego; A. Piluso; C. Giannini
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