Risk of malignant lymphoma associated with human herpesvirus-8: a case-control study in Spain

No overall increased risk of lymphoma associated with antibodies to human herpesvirus-8 was found in 526 lymphomas and 599 controls (odds ratio (OR)=1.04, 95% confidence interval (CI)=0.62-1.75); significant increases were noted for 19 lymphoplasmacytic lymphomas (OR=4.47, 95% CI=1.34-14.85) and nin...

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Autores: Sanjosé Llongueras, Silvia de, Goedert, J. J., Marshall, V., Bellas, C., Benavente, Yolanda, Bosch, Ramon, Domingo, A., Fernández de Sevilla Ribosa, Alberto, Servitje Bedate, Octavio, Whitby, Denise
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/120649
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/120649
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Limfomes
Herpesvirus
Virus ADN
Estudi de casos
Espanya
Lymphomas
Herpesviruses
DNA viruses
Case studies
Spain
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Sumario:No overall increased risk of lymphoma associated with antibodies to human herpesvirus-8 was found in 526 lymphomas and 599 controls (odds ratio (OR)=1.04, 95% confidence interval (CI)=0.62-1.75); significant increases were noted for 19 lymphoplasmacytic lymphomas (OR=4.47, 95% CI=1.34-14.85) and nine low-grade lymphoma/lymphoma B-cell NOS (OR=5.82, 95% CI=1.07-31.73).