Systematic review with meta-analysis: neuroimaging in hepatitis C chronic infection.

Giovanni OrioloE EgmondZ MariñoM CaveroR NavinesL ZamarrenhoR SolàJ PujolN BargalloX FornsRocío Martín-Santos

Published in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2018)

Patients with chronic hepatitis C exhibit cerebral metabolite alterations and structural or functional neuroimaging abnormalities, which sustain the hypothesis of hepatitis C virus involvement in brain disturbances.

Keyphrases

hepatitis c virus
human immunodeficiency virus
cerebral ischemia
subarachnoid hemorrhage
white matter
resting state
liver fibrosis
blood brain barrier
drug induced