The difficulty of detecting HTLV-I proviral sequences in patients with mycosis fungoides

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 314-319

  Pancake, Bette A ^a   Zucker Franklin, Dorothea ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous T cell lymphoma; Human T lymphotropic virus I tax; Mycosis fungoides; Polymerase chain reaction Southern analysis; Proviral sequence detection methods; Sezary syndrome

Indexed keywords

DNA; TAX PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEZARY SYNDROME; SKIN LYMPHOMA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; T CELL LYMPHOMA; VIRUS DETECTION;

HTLV; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1;

EID: 0029807639     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199612010-00003     Document Type: Article

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