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Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

ISSN: 2472-1212

Open Access

Hepatitis C Virus and Oral Cancer - Extrahepatic Manifestations

Abstract

Nagao Y

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is associated with a broad spectrum of clinical and biological extrahepatic manifestations. Oral lichen planus (OLP) is common among HCV-infected patients in Japan. Some studies reported a possible link between oral squamous cell carcinoma and HCV. The improvement of the extrahepatic manifestations by elimination of HCV is expected because interferon-free direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) therapy is introduced for hepatitis C mainly in Japan.

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