Absence of Epstein-Barr virus in lymphoepitheliomalike carcinoma of the skin: Polymerase chain reaction evidence and review of five cases

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 478-482

  Gillum, Paul S ^a   Morgan, Michael B ^b   Naylor, Mark F ^a,c   Everett, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus; Lymphoepithelioma; Lymphoepitheliomalike carcinoma; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; VIMENTIN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN NODULE; TUMOR NECROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GENES, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029859699     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199610000-00006     Document Type: Article

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