High prevalence of antibodies against HERV-K10 in patients with testicular cancer but not with AIDS

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 4 I, 1999, Pages 293-296

  Goedert, James J ^a   Sauter, Marlies E ^b   Jacobson, Lisa P ^c   Vessella, Robert L ^d   Hilgartner, Margaret W ^e   Leitman, Susan F ^f   Fraser, Mary C ^a   Mueller Lantzsch, Nikolaus G ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROVIRUS; TESTIS CANCER;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROVIRIDAE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMINOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032961909     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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