[Drug addiction and hepatitis C: does a correlation exist between the laboratory and clinical pictures?]. / Tossicomania ed epatite C: esiste una correlazione tra laboratorio e clinica?

The prevalence of anti-HCV antibodies reaches 90% positive among intravenous drug addicts. The authors evaluate the possibility of relating laboratory findings to clinical evolution of hepatitis C. Besides, a comparison between first generation anti-HCV system ELISA and the newer RIBA detection system showed no significant difference.