Prevalence of Merkel cell polyomavirus in Merkel cell carcinoma

Modern Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 516-521

  Duncavage, Eric J ^a,b   Zehnbauer, Barbara A ^a   Pfeifer, John D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Merkel cell carcinoma; Merkel cell polyomavirus; Polyomavirus; Viral oncogenesis

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NONHUMAN; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 63949084660     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2009.3     Document Type: Article

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