Simian virus 40 and human pleural mesothelioma

Thorax

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 60-61

  Mulatero, C ^a   Surentheran, T ^a   Breuer, J ^a   Rudd, R M ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA; Human mesothelioma; Polyoma virus; Simian virus 40 (SV40)

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBULIN; DNA; PARAFFIN; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

EID: 0032957198     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.54.1.60     Document Type: Article

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