Human endogenous retroviruses and their possible impact on dermatology

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Rebora, Alfredo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Clinica Dermatologica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CANCER; HUMAN; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RETROPOSON; RETROVIRUS; REVIEW; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SKIN DISEASE; TRANSPOSON; VIRUS ADSORPTION; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 18144363554     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(03)02540-4     Document Type: Editorial

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