Merkel cell polyomavirus: A specific marker for merkel cell carcinoma in histologically similar tumors

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1771-1777

  Duncavage, Eric J ^a   Le, Binh Minh ^a   Wang, David ^a   Pfeifer, John D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

KI virus; Merkel cell carcinoma; Merkel cell polyomavirus; Neuroendocrine tumor; Small cell carcinoma; WU virus

Indexed keywords

FIXATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SKIN TUMOR; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE FIXATION; VIROLOGY;

CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 73349099707     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181ba7b73     Document Type: Article

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