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| Year : 2011 | Volume
: 59
| Issue : 1 | Page : 114--116 |
Hepatitis C virus: A rare manifestation - Remitting relapsing central and peripheral demyelination
Marcio Luiz Escorcio Bezerra1, Juliana Arita Harumi1, Jullyanna Sabrysna Morais Shinosaki1, José Luiz Pedroso1, Camila Catherine Henriques de Aquino1, Larissa Teles de Souza1, Robson Fantinato Baiense1, Acary Souza Bulle de Oliveira2
1 Department of Neurology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo SP, Brazil
2 Department of Neurology and Division of Neuromuscular Diseases, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo SP, Brazil
Correspondence Address:
Marcio Luiz Escorcio Bezerra
Av Onze de Junho 730/91 - 04041-002 São Paulo SP
Brazil
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DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.76889
The most frequent neurologic manifestations of hepatitis C virus infection include peripheral neuropathy axonal type and central nervous system (CNS) vasculitis. Affected patients usually have cryoglobulinemia and other signs of vasculitis. Demyelinating lesions, both central and peripheral are rarely described. We present a case of simultaneous peripheral nervous system and CNS demyelination that comes in relapsing episodes, with negative cryoglobulins.
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