Detection of human herpesvirus 8 DNA in pemphigus and chronic blistering skin diseases

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 442-448

  Jang, Ho Sun ^a,b   Oh, Chang Keun ^a   Lim, Jae Young ^a   Jun, Eun Sook ^b   Kim, Yu Sun ^a   Kwon, Kyung Sool ^a  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blister; Herpesvirus, Kaposi Sarcoma Associated; Pemphigus; Polymerase Chain Reaction

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PEMPHIGUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE FIXATION; VIRAL SKIN DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PEMPHIGUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS; SKIN DISEASES, VIRAL; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0034243175     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2000.15.4.442     Document Type: Article

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