History of chronic inflammatory disorders increases the risk of Merkel cell carcinoma, but does not correlate with Merkel cell polyomavirus infection

BACKGROUND: We aimed to assess the connection between chronic inflammatory disorders (CIDs) and Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC). METHODS: Merkel cell carcinoma cases diagnosed in 1978–2009 were extracted from the Finnish Cancer Registry and controls from the Population Registry. Information on reimburse...

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Autores principales: Sahi, Helka, Sihto, Harri, Artama, Miia, Koljonen, Virve, Böhling, Tom, Pukkala, Eero
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5243985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27978533
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2016.391

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