Ekta Mishra, Narinder Kaur, Ravinder Kaur, Usha Dalal, Uma Handa, Gursimran Singh Anand
Role of Magnetic Resonance Mammography in the Evaluation of Indeterminate Breast Lesions
The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
little known hepatitis c hcv infection affects cognitive function children aim study assess impact hcv infection cognitive function children normal liver functions relationships endogenous ifn il6 tnf ifn il6 tnf measured arabic version stanfordbinet test used assess cognitive functions 35 children hcv infection 23 controls serum levels il6 ifn significantly higher patients compared controls significant effect vocabulary comprehension abstract visual reasoning quantitative reasoning bead memory tests well total shortterm memory intelligence quotient patients compared controls significant positive correlation ifn il6 also significant negative correlations ifn abstract visual reasoning test quantitative reasoning test bead memory test total shortterm memory intelligence quotient il6 abstract visual reasoning test quantitative reasoning test intelligence quotient significant correlation tnf cognitive functions cytokine levels related demographic characteristics patients viral load pcr children chronic hepatitis c infection early stages showed signs cognitive impairment memory tasks mostly affected significant correlation endogenous cytokines cognitive impairment children studies needed define effect successful antiviral treatment