Absence of human herpesvirus 8 and Epstein-Barr virus genome sequences in cutaneous epithelial neoplasms arising in immunosuppressed organ-transplant patients

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 559-563

  Kohler, Sabine ^a   Kamel, Onsi W ^a   Chang, Pearl P ^a   Smoller, Bruce R ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BENIGN TUMOR; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; KERATOSIS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECANCER; SKIN EPITHELIUM; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VIRUS GENOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DNA, VIRAL; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KERATOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY;

EID: 0030725520     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1997.tb01460.x     Document Type: Article

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