CHRONIC HEPATITIS C AND EYE DISEASES: STATE OF THE PROBLEM


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The relationship of liver diseases to eye problems has been noted since ancient times, and the works of contemporary Russian and foreign researchers only confirm this proposition. Chronic hepatitis C (CHC), apart from liver injury, is characterized by a wide spectrum of extrahepatic manifestations; eye tissues being no exception. In CHC, there are changes in both the anterior and posterior segments of the eye, the clinical features of which are given in this review.

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G. M CHERNAKOVA

Email: chernakova111@yandex.ru
Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education, Ministry of Health of Russia Moscow, Russia

E. A KLESHCHEVA

Email: klelen@mail.ru
Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education, Ministry of Health of Russia Moscow, Russia

Bella N. KHATSUKOVA

Email: bella-0191@mail.ru
Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education, Ministry of Health of Russia Moscow, Russia

E. YU MALINNIKOVA

Email: malinacgb@mail.ru
Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education, Ministry of Health of Russia Moscow, Russia

M. I MIKHAILOV

Email: michmich2@yandex.ru
Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education, Ministry of Health of Russia Moscow, Russia

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