Molecular characterization of circulating EBV DNA in the plasma of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and lymphoma patients

Cancer Research

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2028-2032

  Chan, K C Allen ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Chan, Anthony T C ^a   Lei, Kenny I K ^a   Leung, Sing Fai ^a   Chan, Lisa Y S ^a   Chow, Katherine C K ^a   Lo, Y M Dennis ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; NAKED DNA; TUMOR MARKER; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; VIRION;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA, VIRAL; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0037729004     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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