Frequency of Epstein-Barr virus-associated gastric adenocarcinoma in Taiwan

Cancer Letters

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-129

  Hsieh, Ling Ling ^a   Lin, Pay Jane ^a   Chen, Tse Ching ^b   Ou, Jonathan T ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

EBV; Gastric cancer; p53 mutation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; TAIWAN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; VIRUS GENE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENES, P53; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TAIWAN; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032547114     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(98)00111-6     Document Type: Article

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