HighlightsCognitive impairment may contribute to the morbidity of chronic HCV infection.Deficits in memory recall can be found in chronic HCV patients.There is a lack of correlation between virus genotypes, viral load and cognitive performance.Minimal hepatic encephalopathy may be present in HCV patients with cognitive impairment.
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