High incidence of Epstein Barr virus infection in childhood acute lymphocytic lukemia: A preliminary study

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-67

  Sehgal, S ^a   Mujtaba, S ^a   Gupta, D ^a   Aggarwal, R ^a   Marwaha, R K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Childhood Acute Lymphocytic Lukemia; EBV; Polymerase Chain Reaction

Indexed keywords

TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PEDIATRICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RAJI CELL; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA;

EID: 77749335598     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: 09745130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.59186     Document Type: Article

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