## Abstract The association between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and risk of malignant lymphoma remains controversial, perhaps due to smallโsized studies and low prevalence of HCV in the general population. On the basis of a large DanishโSwedish populationโbased caseโcontrol study, 2,819 lymph
Risk of malignant lymphoma following viral hepatitis infection
โ Scribed by Pierluigi Cocco; Giovanna Piras; Maria Monne; Antonella Uras; Attilio Gabbas; Maria G. Ennas; Angelo Palmas; Marco Murineddu; Stefania Collu; Massimo Melis; Marco Rais; Pierfelice Todde; Maria G. Cabras; Emanuele Angelucci; Giovannino Massarelli; Alexandra Nieters
- Book ID
- 107618538
- Publisher
- Carden Jennings Publishing
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 199 KB
- Volume
- 87
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0925-5710
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## Abstract Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been implicated in the etiology of malignant lymphomas. We estimated the risk of lymphoma associated with detection of HCV infection. Cases (__n__ = 529) were consecutive patients newly diagnosed with a lymphoid malignancy between 1998 and 2002 in 4 centers i
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