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Background Chronic infection with the hepatitis C virus has been reported to cause a wide variety of ophthalmic lesions. The incidence and significance of these lesions in an unselected population has not been assessed.
Methods We studied a group of unselected patients with chronic hepatitis C and performed a full ophthalmic examination on each. As a control group we studied patients with chronic hepatitis B infection.
Results In 25 patients with chronic hepatitis C we found no increase in the prevalence of significant ocular disease when compared with a cohort of patients with chronic hepatitis B.
Conclusion Chronic heptatitis C does not cause any marked increase in the incidence of ocular disease.
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Leyland, M., Török, M., Acheson, J. et al. Hepatitis C virus infection is not associated with a marked increase in the prevalence of ophthalmic morbidity. Eye 14, 889–891 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2000.243
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