Hepatitis C virus infection and neurocognitive function

Neurology. 2006 Oct 24;67(8):1482-5. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000240255.42608.99.

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection may be associated with neurocognitive deficits. The Hemophilia Growth and Development Study enrolled HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected patients and a group of nonhemophiliac siblings. After controlling for multiple factors, HCV monoinfection was not associated with deficits in adaptive behavior, intelligence, or attention/concentration.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Psychological
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Attention
  • Child
  • Cognition*
  • Cohort Studies
  • Hepatitis C / physiopathology*
  • Hepatitis C / psychology*
  • Humans
  • Intelligence
  • Nervous System / physiopathology*