Association between hepatitis C virus and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and effects of viral infection on histologic subtype and clinical course

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 556-560

  Vallisa, Daniele ^a   Bertè, Raffaella ^a   Rocca, Andrea ^a   Civardi, Giuseppe ^a   Giangregorio, Francesco ^a   Ferrari, Benvenuto ^a   Sbolli, Giorgio ^a   Cavanna, Luigi ^a  

^a Civile Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CHLORAMBUCIL; CHLORMETHINE; CRYOGLOBULIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FOLINATE CALCIUM; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; LOMUSTINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE; VINDESINE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOMA; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH LYMPHOMA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSAMINASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033134677     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(99)00069-8     Document Type: Article

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