Absence of Epstein-Barr virus in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 398-399

  Sunpaweravong, Somkiat ^a   Mitarnun, W ^a   Puttawibul, P ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus; Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; Etiology

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; TUMOR CELL; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOCYTES, TUMOR-INFILTRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 33644825072     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2005.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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