Mortality in cancer patients previously diagnosed with herpes zoster in the hospital setting: a nationwide cohort study

BACKGROUND: Herpes zoster (HZ) is associated with underlying immunodeficiency and may thereby predict mortality of subsequent cancer. METHODS: By using Danish nationwide medical databases, we identified all cancer patients with a prior hospital-based HZ diagnosis during 1982–2011 (n=2754) and a matc...

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Autores principales: Schmidt, S A J, Sørensen, G V, Horváth-Puhó, E, Pedersen, L, Obel, N, Petersen, K L, Schønheyder, H C, Sørensen, H T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
Materias:
Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4647253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25880013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2015.136

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4647253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25880013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2015.136

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