Extranodal lymphomas associated with hepatitis C virus infection

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 600-609

  Ascoli, Valeria ^a,c   Lo Coco, Francesco ^a   Artini, Marco ^a   Levrero, Massimo ^a   Martelli, Maurizio ^a   Negro, Francesco ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Anatomia Patologica   (Italy)

Author keywords

B cell; HCV genotype; Immunoglobulin heavy chain rearrangement; Liver; Lymphoma; Strand specific reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CHLORAMBUCIL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0031895790     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/109.5.600     Document Type: Article

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