Hepatitis C virus infection and extrahepatic malignancies

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-89

  Sikuler, Emanuel ^a,b   Shnaider, Alla ^a,b   Zilberman, Doron ^a,b   Hilzenrat, Nir ^a,b   Shemer Avni, Yonat ^a,b   Neumann, Lily ^a,b   Buskila, Dan ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Hepatitis C virus; Malignancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOMA; UTERUS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030978177     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199703000-00008     Document Type: Article

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