Immunohistochemical detection of the human herpes virus 8 (HHV8) latent nuclear antigen-1 in Kaposi's sarcoma

Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 448-450

  Hong, Angela ^a,b   Davies, Stewart ^b   Lee, C Soon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

HHV8; Human herpes virus 8; Immunohistochemistry; Kaposi's sarcoma; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; DIAMINOBENZIDINE; ISOPROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARAFFIN; PEROXIDASE; STREPTAVIDIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULE; SPINDLE CELL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0142178115     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020310001602657     Document Type: Article

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