Does SV40 infection contribute to the development of human cancers?

Reviews in Medical Virology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-43

  Shah, Keerti V ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; LUNG CARCINOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0033970412     PISSN: 10529276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1654(200001/02)10:1<31::AID-RMV260>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Review

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