The absence of JC virus antigens in Indian children with medulloblastomas

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-45

  Vasishta, Rakesh ^a   Pasricha, Neelam ^a   Nath, Avindra ^b   Sehgal, Shobha ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Department of Neurology   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Human polyoma virus; India; JC virus; Medulloblastoma; Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Indexed keywords

AGNOPROTEIN; VIRUS T ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDIAN; JC VIRUS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR BIOPSY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, POLYOMAVIRUS TRANSFORMING; BIOPSY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDIA; JC VIRUS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MICE; RABBITS; VIRAL REGULATORY AND ACCESSORY PROTEINS;

EID: 58849123734     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.44961     Document Type: Article

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