Hepatitis C virus is associated with :

Answer is A (Anti-LKM antibody): Hepatitis C is associated with Anti-LKM antibodies. Hepatitis C may possibly also be associated with cryoglobulinemia but in view of its definite association with anti-LKM antibodies, this is the single best answer. LKM antibodies stand for antibodies against Liver-Kidney microsomes. LKM antibodies may be seen in - Type II autoimmune hepatitis (anti LKM-I) - Drug induced hepatitis (anti LKM-II) - Chronic hepatitis C - Chronic hepatitis D (anti LKM-III) Note that species of LKM antibodies in hepatitis C and hepatitis D are different from each other as well as from LKM antibodies in autoimmune hepatitis type II. Hepatitis C is also associated with essential mixed cryoglobulinemia (EMC) - Harrison 14th/1683 Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia is an extrahepatic manifestation of viral hepatitis. It was repoed initially to be associated with hepatitis B. Recent reevaluation of patients with EMC suggests that association is with chronic HCV infection rather than HBV infection. PAN is associated with hepatitis B virus and not with hepatitis C. Scleroderma is not associated with Hepatitis C.