Methods: One hundred forty-two unselected patients with chronic hepatitis C were included.

Chronic hepatitis C infection can eventually lead to liver scarring or cancer.

Methods: One hundred and twelve patients with biopsy-proven chronic hepatitis C were enrolled.

Aim: Predict the elimination of chronic hepatitis C in Catalan prisons.

The course of chronic hepatitis C is variable, but usually fibrosis advances slowly.

Comprehensive management of chronic hepatitis C takes into account cofactors of disease progression.

Twelve patients with chronic hepatitis C were included in the study.

Despite the declining incidence of acute HCV infection, chronic hepatitis C is common.

We report 8 patients suffering from cutaneous vasculitis and chronic hepatitis C virus infection.

Chronic hepatitis C infection is curable, and successful viral eradication reduces liver related complications.

Recurrence of chronic hepatitis C on liver graft was classified according to Metavir score.

With time, chronic hepatitis C may develop into liver cirrhosis.

Discussion: Chronic hepatitis C infection is under-diagnosed and may lead to significant morbidity and mortality.

Conclusions: After a successful treatment, chronic hepatitis C patients experienced a reestablishment of lipid metabolism.

Increased serum MtCK activity is an independent risk for hepatocarcinogenesis in chronic hepatitis C patients.

We investigated whether thrombocytopenia in patients with chronic hepatitis C is due to anti-platelet autoantibodies.