background and aims: chronic hepatitis c is one of the most important etiologies of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma worldwide. clinical condition of hepatic patients and the outcome of chemotherapy are under impact of hepatitis c virus (hcv) genotypes. therefore, hcv genotyping is important for prediction of success of chemotherapy and progression of liver diseases. methods: in this arti...

BACKGROUND The relationship between hepatitis C virus infection and risk of stroke remains inconsistent. This study evaluates the risk of stroke in association with chronic hepatitis C infection in a longitudinal population-based cohort. METHODS We identified 4,094 adults newly diagnosed with hepatitis C infection in 2002-2004 from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. Compa...