Detection of human herpesvirus 8 in Korean Kaposi's sarcoma cases by polymerase chain reaction and in situ polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 434-441

  Jang, Ho Sun ^a   Park, Jung Hum ^a   Oh, Chang Keun ^a   Kwon, Kyung Sool ^b  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Human herpesvirus 8; Kaposi's sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KOREA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINDLE CELL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS PARTICLE;

EID: 0032799347     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1999.tb02022.x     Document Type: Article

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