The Many Difficulties and Subtleties in the Cognitive Assessment of Chronic Hepatitis C Infection

Since the discovery of HCV in 1989, several diseases have been related to chronic infection by this virus. Often, patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) complain of cognitive impairment even before the development of hepatic cirrhosis, which they described as “brain fog.” Several studies have propose...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Abrantes, Jefferson, Torres, Daniel Simplicio, Brandão – Mello, Carlos Eduardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7106929/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32257447
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/9675235
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Sumario:Since the discovery of HCV in 1989, several diseases have been related to chronic infection by this virus. Often, patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) complain of cognitive impairment even before the development of hepatic cirrhosis, which they described as “brain fog.” Several studies have proposed a link between chronic HCV infection and the development of cognitive alterations, but the inclusion of confounding factors in their samples significantly limits the analysis of the results. In this article, we will give an overview about cognitive dysfunction in patients with HCV.

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