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Disease Associations
"Analysis of HGV Infection in B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Patients."
May 26th, 1997
According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 4th International Meeting on Hepatitis C Virus and Related Viruses, Molecular Virology and Pathogenesis, held March 6-10, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan, "The existence of an association between HCV infection and B-cell type non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) has been previously suggested. A recently discovered nonA-E hepatitis virus (hepatitis G virus: HGV) shows HCV-like structural and biological characteristics, including lymphotropism, suggesting a possible role in lymphomagenesis. The aim of this study was to analyze the virological features of a large series of unselected and untreated patients at first diagnosis of NHL in order to search...
Source: Cancer Weekly (1997-05-26)
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