eRAM
encyclopedia of Rare Disease Annotation for Precision Medicine
| Disease | schistosomiasis |
| Comorbidity | C0023903|liver cancer |
| Sentences | 1 |
| PubMedID- 24529186 | As hbv and hcv infections are well-known hepatic carcinogens and individuals with s. japonicum infection usually have a higher association with hbv and hcv infection in china [89], the apparent increased frequency of liver cancer in patients with schistosomiasis is explained more accurately by the high frequency of associated hbv and, in rare cases, hcv infection and its sequela cirrhosis than by hepatoma [88-90]. |
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