Association between schistosomiasis and cancer: A review

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 145-148

  Palumbo, Emilio ^a,b  

^a Hospital of Sondrio   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

BLADDER CARCINOGENESIS; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VERRUCOUS CARCINOMA;

EID: 34249042980     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.idc.0000269904.90155.ce     Document Type: Review

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