Thyroid Involvement in Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Patients with/without Mixed Cryoglobulinemia

Thyroid Involvement in Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Patients with/without Mixed Cryoglobulinemia

Thyroid involvement is a common condition that can be recorded during the natural course of different systemic rheumatic diseases, including the mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC) syndrome or cryoglobulinemic vasculitis. MC is triggered by hepatitis C virus (HCV) chronic infection in the majority of cases;...

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Main Authors: Clodoveo Ferri, Michele Colaci, Poupak Fallahi, Silvia Martina Ferrari, Alessandro Antonelli, Dilia Giuggioli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
hepatitis C virus
thyroid
autoimmune thyroiditis
autoimmunity
cryoglobulinemia
cryoglobulinemic vasculitis
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2017.00159/full

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