No association between hepatitis C and B-cell lymphoma

Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1259-1261

  Collier, Jane D ^a,e   Zanke, Brent ^b   Moore, Malcolm ^b   Kessler, Garry ^c   Krajden, Mel ^a   Shepherd, Frances ^a   Heathcote, Jenny ^a,d  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c Canadian Red Cross Society   (Canada)

^d TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SUPERINFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0032923307     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510290422     Document Type: Article

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