Hepatitis C viral infection is not associated with Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-84

  Leleu, Xavier ^a,b,c   O'Connor, Kelly ^a   Ho, Allen W ^a   Santos, Daniel D ^a,b   Manning, Robert ^a   Xu, Lian ^a   Hatjiharissi, Evdoxia ^a,b   Moreau, Anne Sophie ^a,b,c   Branagan, Andrew R ^a   Hunter, Zachary R ^a   Dimmock, Elizabeth A ^a   Soumerai, Jacob ^a   Palterson, Christopher ^a   Ghobrial, Irene ^a,c   Treon, Steven P ^a,c  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

B cell disorder; Hepatitis C virus; Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; WALDENSTROEM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL; WALDENSTROM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

EID: 33845940319     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20724     Document Type: Article

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