Human herpes virus DNA is rarely detected in non-UV light-associated primary malignant melanomas of mucous membranes

Anticancer Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5 B, 2006, Pages 3627-3631

  Lundberg, Rebecca ^a   Brytting, Maria ^a   Dahlgren, Liselotte ^b   Kanter Lewensohn, Lena ^b   Schloss, Lottie ^a   Dalianis, Tina ^b   Ragnarsson Olding, Boel ^b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CMV; EBV; Extracutaneous melanoma; HHV6; Human herpes virus; Mucosal melanoma; PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA EXTRACTION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; MUCOSAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 33750681644     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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