Primary hepatic diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in a patient with chronic hepatitis C

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1124-1130

  Rubbia Brandt, Laura ^a,b   Bründler, Marie Anne ^a   Kerl, Katrin ^c   Negro, Francesco ^a   Nador, Roland G ^a   Scherrer, Anne ^a   Kurt, Anne Marie ^a   Mentha, Gilles ^a   Borisch, Bettina ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Mixed cryoglobulinemia; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0344069633     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199909000-00017     Document Type: Article

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