Splenic Marginal Zone Lymphoma in Turkey: Association with Hepatitis B Instead of Hepatitis C Virus as an Etiologic and Possible Prognostic Factor - A Multicenter Cohort Study

Objective: Chronic antigenic stimulation is frequently blamed in the pathogenesis of extranodal marginal zone lymphomas including splenic marginal zone lymphoma (SMZL). Chronic hepatitis C is frequently observed in SMZL patients in some geographical regions. However, these reports are largely from N...

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Main Authors: Müfide Okay, Tuncay Aslan, Evren Özdemir, Ayşegül Üner, Arzu Sağlam, Elif Güngör, Ayşe Uysal, Nevin Alayvaz Aslan, Esra Yıldızhan, Abdullah Ağıt, Mehmet Sinan Dal, Serdal Korkmaz, Sinem Namdaroğlu, Serdar Sivgin, Gülsüm Akgün Cağlıyan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Publishing House 2020-05-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Hematology
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Online Access:https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=tjh&un=TJH-08870