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QJM 2005 98(10):774-775; doi:10.1093/qjmed/hci124
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Treatment of hepatitis B and C co-infection in schizoaffective disorder

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Sir,

Hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) are chronic viral liver infections representing a substantial health burden in the US and elsewhere.1 The impetus to ‘push the treatment envelope’ results in treatment of a patient group with co-morbid serious psychiatric illness that amplifies treatment challenges. We describe a HBV/HCV co-infected patient with cirrhosis and psychotic illness.

A 39-year-old man was evaluated for cirrhosis and co-infection with HBV/HCV. The patient's other medical problems included prevailing psychiatric diagnoses of schizoaffective disorder and bipolar II disorder. He also had a history of substance abuse. Family history was significant for . . . [Full Text of this Article]

S. Balasubramanian, C.C. Prosser, K. Ransibrahmanakul and L. Rossaro

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department of Internal Medicine

J.A. Bourgeois

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences University of California Davis Medical Center Sacramento USA email: lrossaro@ucdavis.edu


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