Epstein-Barr Virus Association Is Rare in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

International Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 165-170

  Yanai, Hideo ^a   Hirano, Atsuyoshi ^a   Matsusaki, Keisuke ^b   Kawano, Toyokazu ^b   Miura, Osamu ^b   Yoshida, Tomoharu ^a   Okita, Kiwamu ^a   Shimizu, Norio ^c  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hofu Institute of Gastroenterology   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma; Epstein Barr virus; Esophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE;

EID: 0348108314     PISSN: 01694197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/ijgc:33:2-3:165     Document Type: Article

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