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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 28, 2014; 20(24): 7534-7543
Published online Jun 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i24.7534
Published online Jun 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i24.7534
Oral manifestations of hepatitis C virus infection
Marco Carrozzo, Kara Scally, Centre for Oral Health Research, Oral Medicine Department, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4BW, United Kingdom
Author contributions: Carrozzo M collected the underlying material and wrote the initial draft of the manuscript; Scally K finalized and revised the manuscript; all authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Marco Carrozzo, MD, DSM (Turin 1995), Professor of Oral Medicine, Centre for Oral Health Research, Oral Medicine Department, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4BW, United Kingdom. marco.carrozzo@ncl.ac.uk
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Received: October 13, 2013
Revised: January 21, 2014
Accepted: March 19, 2014
Published online: June 28, 2014
Revised: January 21, 2014
Accepted: March 19, 2014
Published online: June 28, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: Hepatitis C virus can be frequently associated with potentially malignant and malignant oral diseases and could be a triggering factor of some of those disorders or at least influence their outcome. The association is very robust for oral lichen planus, while for Sjogren’syndrome it is strongly suspected and in oral squamous cell carcinoma indicated by recent large epidemiological data.