No detection of HTLV-I proviral DNA in lesional skin biopsies from swiss and german patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 282-284

  Boni R ^a   Davis Daneshfar, A ^a   Burg, G ^a   Fuchs, D ^a   Wood, G S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL LYMPHOMA;

EID: 0030062837     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1996.tb07614.x     Document Type: Article

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