EBER in situ hybridization differentiates carcinomas originating from the sinonasal region and the nasopharynx

Anticancer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6 B, 1998, Pages 4581-4584

  Hwang, Tzer Zen ^a   Jin, Yin Tai ^a   Tsai, Sen Tien ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

EBER; Epstein Barr virus; In situ hybridization; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Sinonasal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIGENIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA PROBE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PARANASAL SINUS CARCINOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, ADENOID CYSTIC; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0032408576     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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