High incidences of malignant lymphoma in patients infected with hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus.
It is still not clear whether there is an association between malignant lymphomas and hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus infections. Most studies from Italy and Japan support this association, but studies from other countries generally do not. We conducted a hospital-based case-control study to evaluate this association and show a significant association between the development of malignant lymphoma and infections by these viruses.
Iwata
Hiroshi
H
Matsuo
Keitaro
K
Takeuchi
Kengo
K
Kishi
Yukiko
Y
Murashige
Naoko
N
Kami
Masahiro
M
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged