Merkel cell carcinoma in immunocompetent and organ-transplant recipients do not harbor HPV [3]

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 445-446

  Kanitakis, Jean ^a   Joly, Marie Odile ^a   Chouvet, Brigitte ^a   Euvrard, Sylvie ^a   Claudy, Alain ^a  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN; KERATIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

DNA EXTRACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; DNA PROBES, HPV; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33748327011     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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