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Hepatitis C Main Forums => Hepatitis C Research News & Studies => Topic started by: Hep Editors on October 05, 2018, 10:27:28 am
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The neuropsychiatric manifestations of hepatitis C virus (HCV)—chronic fatigue, mood alterations and cognitive impairment—may be driven by an autoimmune response to the virus.
Publishing their findings in the Journal of Viral Hepatitis, researchers studied 132 people without cirrhosis, including 46 people with HCV, 22 with hepatitis B virus (HBV), 27 with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), 29 with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC, a chronic liver disease resulting from destruction of the bile ducts) and eight with AIH and PBC.
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https://www.hepmag.com/article/hep-cs-fatigue-mood-cognitive-symptoms-may-autoimmune-related