Failure in detection of Epstein-Barr virus and cytomegalovirus in specimen obtained by fine needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid in patients with subacute thyroiditis

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-17

  Mori, Kouki ^a   Yoshida, Katsumi ^a   Funato, Tadao ^a   Ishii, Tomonori ^a   Nomura, Takashi ^b   Fukuzawa, Hiroshi ^a   Sayama, Noriyo ^a   Hori, Hironobu ^a   Ito, Sadayoshi ^a   Sasaki, Takeshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Yamagata City Hospital Saiseikan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Polymerase chain reaction; Serology; Subacute thyroiditis; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; THYROID GLAND; VIROLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS, SUBACUTE;

EID: 0032153046     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.186.13     Document Type: Article

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