Merkel cell polyomavirus: An update

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1327-1329

  Gandhi, Rishi K ^a   Rosenberg, Arlene S ^b   Somach, Stephen C ^b  

^a Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSORALEN; VIRUS DNA;

BK VIRUS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL GROWTH; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DNA LIBRARY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; JC VIRUS; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MERKEL CELL; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; POLYOMA VIRUS; PUVA; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VIRUS REPLICATION; WART VIRUS;

CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; HUMANS; ONCOGENIC VIRUSES; POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 70350489125     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2009.01464.x     Document Type: Review

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