Real-time PCR measures Epstein-Barr Virus DNA in archival breast adenocarcinomas

Diagnostic Molecular Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-33

  Thorne, Leigh B ^a   Ryan, Julie L ^a   Elmore, Sandra H ^a   Glaser, Sally L ^b   Gulley, Margaret L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; EBV; Epstein Barr Virus; Laser capture; Microdissection; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER TISSUE; CARCINOGENESIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA VIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA, NEOPLASM; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 14144254955     PISSN: 10529551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000144448.23464.ab     Document Type: Article

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