The prevalence of hepatitis C and hepatitis G virus infection in patients with B cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas in Greece: A Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group study

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 189-193

  Giannoulis, E ^a   Economopoulos, T ^b   Mandraveli, K ^a   Giannoulis, K ^a   Nikolaides, C ^c   Zervou, E ^c   Papageorgiou, E ^b   Zoulas, D ^d   Tourkantonis, A ^a   Giannopoulos, G ^b   Fountzilas, G ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^d EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Hepatitis G; Lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD DONOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; ONCOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLID TUMOR; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GB VIRUS C; GREECE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 9144251243     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081270     Document Type: Article

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