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Clinical and Developmental Immunology
Volume 2012, Article ID 785627, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/785627
Review Article

Autoimmunity and Extrahepatic Manifestations in Treatment-Naïve Children with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Giuseppe Indolfi,1 Elisa Bartolini,1 Biagio Olivito,2 Chiara Azzari,2 and Massimo Resti1

1Paediatric and Liver Unit, Meyer Children University Hospital of Florence, Italy
2Immunology Unit and Immunology Laboratory, Meyer Children University Hospital of Florence, Department of Sciences for Woman and Child's Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Received 4 January 2012; Accepted 21 February 2012

Academic Editor: Domenico Sansonno

Copyright © 2012 Giuseppe Indolfi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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