Absence of Borrelia burgdorferi DNA in cutaneous B-cell lymphomas from the United States

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 502-507

  Wood, Gary S ^a,b,i   Kamath, Nandan V ^b,c   Guitart, Joan ^d   Heald, Peter ^e   Kohler, Sabine ^f   Smoller, Bruce R ^g   Cerroni, Lorenzo ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN LYMPHOMA; UNITED STATES;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA, BACTERIAL; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034750003     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0560.2001.281002.x     Document Type: Article

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