No evidence for a role of human herpesvirus type 8 in sarcoidosis: Molecular and serological analysis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 492-496

  Lebbe C ^a   Agbalika, F ^a   Flageul, B ^a   Pellet, C ^a   Rybojad, M ^a   Cordoliani, F ^a   Farge, D ^a   Vignon Pennamen, M D ^a   Sheldon, J ^b   Morel, P ^a   Calvo, F ^a   Schulz, T F ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Department of Medical Microbiology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; DNA sequencing; Epidemiology; France; French West Indies; Human herpesvirus type 8; Polymerase chain reaction; Sarcoidosis; Serology

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0032833149     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.03043.x     Document Type: Article

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