Detection of human herpesviruses 6 and 7 genomic sequences in brain tumours

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 620-623

  Chan, Paul K S ^a   Ng, H K ^b   Cheng, Augustine F B ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Human herpesvirus 6; Human herpesvirus 7; Tropism

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; DNA SEQUENCE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGIOMA; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0032807854     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.52.8.620     Document Type: Article

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