Merkel cell polyomavirus is present in common warts and carcinoma in situ of the skin

Human Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1369-1379

  Mertz, Kirsten D ^a,b   Pfaltz, Madeleine ^a   Junt, Tobias ^c   Schmid, Mirka ^a   Fernandez Figueras, Maria Teresa ^d   Pfaltz, Katrin ^a   Barghorn, André ^a   Kempf, Werner ^a  

^a Kempf and Pfaltz Histological Diagnostics   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bowen's disease; Common wart; Immunosuppression; Merkel cell polyomavirus; Nonmelanoma skin cancer; Seborrheic keratosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOWEN DISEASE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERKEL CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN CARCINOMA; VERRUCA VULGARIS; GENETICS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOWEN'S DISEASE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MERKEL CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WARTS;

VIRUS DNA;

EID: 77957144840     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2010.01.023     Document Type: Article

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