A variety of extrahepatic manifestations of chronic viral hepatitis B and C: basic treatment principles

Abstract

Chronic viral hepatitides B and C are systemic diseases with a great number of extrahepatic manifestations caused by different immune abnormalities due to viral replication in and outside the liver and to the direct pathological effects of viral particles. Many of them can be the only manifestation of the infection and come to the foreground in its clinical picture, by determining the prognosis of the disease.

Keywords

• chronic hepatitis b
• chronic hepatitis c
• extrahepatic manifestations