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Abstract
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is present in 1.8% of the general US population and its prevalence worldwide is estimated at 2-3%. HCV infected patients with concomitant rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pose a particular challenge to the rheumatologist because of the risks of treatment with disease-modifying medications in patients with chronic liver infection. In this paper the difficulties of diagnosing RA in HCV patients and the safety of RA treatment in patients with both conditions are discussed.Entities:
Keywords: biological-response modifiers; disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs; hepatitis C; rheumatoid arthritis
Year: 2012 PMID: 22870493 PMCID: PMC3383526 DOI: 10.1177/1759720X11424459
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis ISSN: 1759-720X Impact factor: 5.346