Hepatitis C virus in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck in Iran: Is there any relation?

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 269, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2571-2573

  Eftekharian, Ali ^a   Khajavi, Mahdi ^a   Shokoofi, Shahrzad ^a   Rahmani, Zahra ^a   Gachkar, Latif ^b   Gerami, Hooshang ^c   Rajati, Mohsen ^d   Khademi, Bijan ^e  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Head and neck neoplasm; Hepatitis C virus; Risk factor; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84871288252     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-012-1953-3     Document Type: Article

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