Simian virus 40 large T antigen (SV40LTAg) primer specific DNA amplification in human pleural mesothelioma tissue

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1074-1076

  Pepper, Christopher ^a   Jasani, Bharat ^b   Navabi, Hossein ^a   Wynford Thomas, David ^b   Gibbs, Allen R ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archival tissue; Human mesotheliomas; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Simian virus 40 (SV40) DNA

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0029805877     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.11.1074     Document Type: Article

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