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SUBMITTER: Heeren M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3210344 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Heeren Meike M Weissenborn Karin K Arvanitis Dimitrios D Bokemeyer Martin M Goldbecker Annemarie A Tountopoulou Argyro A Peschel Thomas T Grosskreutz Julian J Hecker Hartmut H Buchert Ralph R Berding Georg G
Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 20110601 11
Patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection frequently show neuropsychiatric symptoms. This study aims to help clarify the neurochemical mechanisms behind these symptoms and to add further proof to the hypothesis that HCV may affect brain function. Therefore, 15 patients who reported increasing chronic fatigue, mood alterations, and/or cognitive decline since their HCV infection underwent neurologic and neuropsychological examination, magnetic resonance imaging, (18)F-fluoro-deoxy-glucose po ...[more]