Detection of merkel cell polyomavirus DNA in merkel cell carcinomas

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 930-932

  Varga, E ^a   Kiss, M ^a   Szabo K ^a   Kemeny L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Merkel cell carcinoma; Polyomavirus

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN LT1; PROTEIN LT3; PROTEIN VP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS T ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS DETECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, VIRAL, TUMOR; CAPSID PROTEINS; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYOMAVIRIDAE; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349324811     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09221.x     Document Type: Article

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