Burkitt's lymphoma in Brazil: Strong association with Epstein-Barr virus

Modern Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-67

  Bacchi, Maura M ^b   Bacchi, Carlos E ^b   Alvarenga, Marcelo ^b   Miranda, Roberto ^b   Chen, Yuan Yuan ^b   Weiss, Lawrence M ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brazil; Burkitt's lymphoma; Epstein Barr virus; In situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0030041677     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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