Merkel cell polyomavirus in Merkel cell carcinoma of Italian patients

Virology Journal

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Paolini, Francesca ^a   Donati, Pietro ^b   Amantea, Ada ^b   Bucher, Stefania ^b   Migliano, Emilia ^b   Venuti, Aldo ^a  

^a REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS CAPSID ANTIGEN; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ITALY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTION; SKIN TUMOR; VIROLOGY;

MIRIDAE; POLYOMAVIRUS;

AGED; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 79952318112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-8-103     Document Type: Article

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