Prevalence of merkel cell polyomavirus DNA in cutaneous lymphomas, pseudolymphomas, and inflammatory skin diseases

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 593-598

  Andres, Christian ^a   Puchta, Ursula ^a   Sander, Christian A ^b   Ruzicka, Thomas ^a   Flaig, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Department of Dermatology and Allergy   (Germany)

Author keywords

cutaneous lymphoma; inflammatory skin disease; Merkel cell polyomavirus; pseudolymphoma

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MERKEL CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN LYMPHOMA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; T CELL LYMPHOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955173891     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181ce8beb     Document Type: Article

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