Hepatitis C virus and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma 10 years later

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 219-226

  Mazzaro, C ^c   Tirelli, U ^b   Pozzato, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^c Pordenone General Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

CD81; HCV; Interferon alpha; Mixed cryoglobulinemia; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma

Indexed keywords

PEGINTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

EID: 23044434951     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2005.01.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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