The risk and prognosis of cancer after hospitalisation for herpes zoster: a population-based follow-up study.

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Published in Br J Cancer on October 04, 2004

Authors

H T Sørensen1, J H Olsen, P Jepsen, S P Johnsen, H C Schønheyder, L Mellemkjaer

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Vennelyst Boulevard 6, Building 260, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. hts@soci.au.dk

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