Chronic hepatitis C and B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-122

  Ferri, C ^a   La Civita, L ^a   Monti, M ^b   Giannini, C ^b   Cecchetti, R ^c   Caracciolo, F ^a   Longombardo, G ^a   Lombardini, F ^a   Zignego, A L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Pontedera Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CELL CULTURE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0030054331     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/89.2.117     Document Type: Article

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