No relationship between hepatitis C infection and risk of myeloid malignancy

Haematologica

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 572-574

  Murashige, Naoko ^a   Kami, Masahiro ^a,b   Iwata, Hiroshi ^b   Kishi, Yukiko ^a   Matsuo, Keitaro ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Chronic myelogenous leukemia; Hospital based case control study; Myelodysplastic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT;

ACUTE MEGAKARYOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROLEUKEMIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; IRRADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 17844408156     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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