Re: Clinical factors associated with merkel cell polyomavirus infection in merkel cell carcinoma

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 101, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 1655-1656

  Andres, Christian ^a   Belloni, Benedetta ^b   Puchta, Ursula ^a   Sander, Christian A ^c   Flaig, Michael J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Department of Dermatology and Allergy   (Germany)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS T ANTIGEN;

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MERKEL CELL; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 71549158886     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djp370     Document Type: Letter

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