Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and multiple myeloma: A report from Japan

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 713-714

  Yoshikawa, Masahide ^a   Imazu, Hiroo ^a   Ueda, Shigehiko ^a   Tamagawa, Taiko ^a   Yoneda, Satoshi ^a   Yamane, Yoshiko ^a   Takaya, Akira ^a   Fukui, Hiroshi ^a   Nakano, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PARAPROTEINEMIAS;

EID: 0031443862     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199712000-00044     Document Type: Article

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