Oral cancer and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV): Can HCV alone cause oral cancer? - A case report

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-100

  Nagao, Yumiko ^a   Sata, Michio ^a   Fukuizumi, Kunitaka ^a   Harada, Hiroshi ^a   Kameyama, Tadamitsu ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; HCV RNA; Hepatitis C virus (HCV); Interferon; Oral cancer

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PREVALENCE;

HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030004414     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.43.97     Document Type: Article

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