Quantitative analysis of cell-free Epstein-Barr virus DNA in plasma of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Cancer Research

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1188-1191

  Lo, Y M Dennis ^a,b   Chan, Lisa Y S ^a   Lo, Kwok Wai ^a   Leung, Sing Fai ^b   Zhang, Jun ^a   Chan, Anthony T C ^b   Lee, Joseph C K ^a   Hjelm, N Magnus ^a   Johnson, Philip J ^b   Huang, Dolly P ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

DNA, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033559576     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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