Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Ocular Adnexal Lymphomas
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Hepatitis C virus infection in ocular adnexal lymphomas.
OBJECTIVE To assess the influence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection on disease appearance and outcome of ocular adnexal non-Hodgkin lymphoma (ONHL). DESIGN Retrospective comparative study (from January 1, 1992, through December 31, 2006). METHODS The medical records of 129 patients with ONHL were retrospectively reviewed. All the patients were tested serologically for the presence of HCV...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Ophthalmology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0003-9950
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.233