Presence of human herpesvirus-like DNA sequence in oral Kaposi's sarcoma A preliminary PCR study

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 442-444

  Jin, Ying Tai ^a,c   Tsai, Sen Tien ^a   Yan, Jing Jou ^a   Chen, Fen Fen ^a   Lee, Wen Ying ^a   Li, Wing Yin ^b   Chiang, Hung ^b   Su, Ih Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA;

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUTH TUMOR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; DNA, VIRAL; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0030120524     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(96)80020-5     Document Type: Article

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