Hepatitis C virus in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. A reappraisal after a prospective case-control study of 300 patients

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 95-100

  Pioltelli, Pietro ^a   Gargantini, Livio ^b   Cassi, Edmondo ^c   Santoleri, Luca ^b   Bellati, Giorgio ^b   Magliano, Enrico Massimo ^b   Morra, Enrica ^b  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Lymphomagenesis; Non Hodgkin's B cell lymphoma

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0034115551     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(200006)64:2<95::AID-AJH4>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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