Epstein-barr virus and cytomegalovirus in relation to testicular-cancer risk: A nested case-control study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-5

  Akre, Olof ^a   Lipworth, Loren ^a,b   Tretli, Steinar ^c   Linde, Annika ^d   Engstrand, Lars ^a,d   Adami, Hans Olov ^a   Melbye, Mads ^a,e   Andersen, Aage ^c   Ekbom, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^e DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS CAPSID ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TESTIS CANCER;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033516612     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990702)82:1<1::AID-IJC1>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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