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
Müfide Okay ÖzgeyikTuncay AslanEvren ÖzdemirAysegül UnerEmine Arzu AyhanElif GüngörAyşe UysalNevin Alayvaz AslanEsra YıldızhanAbdullah AğıtMehmet Sinan DalSerdal KorkmazSinem NamdaroğluSerdar SivginGülsüm Akgün ÇağlıyanSinan Demircioğluİbrahim BarıştaEsra OzhamamFiliz VuralBülent EserGülsüm ÖzetRahşan YıldırımMehmet Hilmi Doguİlhami BerberMehmet Ali ErkurtUmit Yavuz MalkanFevzi AltuntaşYahya BüyükaşıkPublished in: Turkish journal of haematology : official journal of Turkish Society of Haematology (2019)
These results indicate that hepatitis B virus may be a possible risk factor for SMZL in our population. It may also be an indirect prognostic factor.