HCV and tumors correlated with immune system: A case-control study in an area of hyperendemicity

Leukemia Research

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 775-781

  Montella, Maurizio ^a   Crispo, Anna ^a   Frigeri, Ferdinando ^a   Ronga, Domenico ^a   Tridente, Vincenzo ^a   De Marco, Mariarosaria ^a   Fabbrocini, Gabriella ^c   Spada, Orlando ^b   Mettivier, Vincenzo ^b   Tamburini, Mario ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Hodgkin disease; Hyperendemicity; Lymphomagenesis; Multiple myeloma; Non Hodgkin's B cell lymphoma; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; ITALY; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; ITALY; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034908092     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2126(01)00027-3     Document Type: Article

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