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Increased risk of lymphoid malignancy in patients with herpes zoster: a longitudinal follow-up study using a national cohort. BMC cancer Choi, H. G., Zehnder, J. L., Lee, Y. K., Lim, H. n., Kim, M. n. 2019; 19 (1): 1148

Abstract

The association between herpes zoster and the risk of lymphoid neoplasms in Asian populations has not yet been established. We performed a longitudinal follow-up study using a nationwide cohort to assess the risk of lymphoid neoplasms arising after herpes zoster infection in the adult Korean population.Data from participants =20?years of age who were registered in the Korean National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort database between 2002 and 2013 were collected. We extracted the data of participants with herpes zoster (n?=?59,495) as well as those of matched references at a ratio of 1:4 (n?=?237,980) and investigated the subsequent occurrence of lymphoid neoplasms. A stratified Cox proportional hazards model was used to calculate unadjusted hazard ratios (HRs) as well as those adjusted for the Charlson comorbidity index score.The rate of lymphoid neoplasms was higher in the herpes zoster group (0.15% [90/59,495]) than in the reference group (0.08% [212/237,980], P?

View details for DOI 10.1186/s12885-019-6349-y

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