CD8+ T-cell lymphocytopenia and lack of EVER mutations in a patient with clinically and virologically typical epidermodysplasia verruciformis

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1323-1325

  Azzimonti, Barbara ^b   Mondini, Michele ^b   De Andrea, Marco ^b   Gioia, Daniela ^b   Dianzani, Umberto ^b   Mesturini, Riccardo ^b   Leigheb, Giorgio ^b   Tiberio, Rossana ^b   Landolfo, Santo ^b   Gariglio, Marisa ^a  

^a Amedeo Avogadro University   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CELL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NOTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA, VIRAL; EPIDERMODYSPLASIA VERRUCIFORMIS; HUMANS; LYMPHOPENIA; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE;

EID: 27144454119     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.141.10.1323     Document Type: Note

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