Human herpesvirus 8 and sarcoidosis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 559-560

  Fredricks, David N ^a   Martin, Tammy M ^b   Edwards, Albert O ^b   Rosenbaum, James T ^b   Relman, David A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FROZEN SECTION; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

DNA, VIRAL; GENES, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOIDOSIS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 0037083027     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338406     Document Type: Letter

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