Absence of measles viral genomic sequence in intestinal tissues from Crohn's disease by nested polymerase chain reaction

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Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 211-215

  Haga, Y ^a   Funakoshi, O ^a   Kuroc, K ^a   Kanazawa, K ^a   Nakajima, H ^a   Saito, H ^a   Murata, Y ^a   Munakata, A ^a   Yoshida, Y ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Measles virus; Mumps virus; Nested polymerase chain reaction; Rubella virus; Southern hybridisation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MEASLES; PARAMYXOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0030059771     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.38.2.211     Document Type: Article

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