Hepatitis C and G viruses in B-cell lymphomas of the skin

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 369-372

  Michaelis, Sonja ^a   Kazakov, Dmitry V ^a   Schmid, Mirka ^a   Dummer, Reinhard ^a   Burg, Günter ^a   Kempf, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN LYMPHOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

DNA PRIMERS; GB VIRUS C; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038164738     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0560.2003.00083.x     Document Type: Article

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