Investigation of Epstein-Barr virus DNA in formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded breast cancer tissues

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 268-271

  Kalkan, Ahmet ^a   Ozdarendeli, Aykut ^a   Bulut, Yasemin ^a   Yekeler, Hayrettin ^a   Cobanoglu, Bengu ^a   Doymaz, Mehmet Z ^b  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Epstein Barr virus; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CANCER TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FIBROADENOMA; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; LUNG CARCINOMA; MASTITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TURKEY;

EID: 20844446519     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085748     Document Type: Article

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