The association between hepatitis B, hepatitis C and systemic sclerosis: a cross-sectional study

Purpose of review To investigate the association between systemic sclerosis (SSc) to chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) carriage. We utilized the database of Clalit Health Services, the largest healthcare organization in Israel and performed a cross-sectional study. Recent findings The study included 2431 SSc patients and 12 710 age-and-sex matched controls, HBV was found in 38 SSc patients (1.56%) and 64 controls...