Merkel cell polyomavirus infection in HIV-positive men

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 401-406

  Wieland, Ulrike ^a   Silling, Steffi ^a   Scola, Nina ^b   Potthoff, Anja ^b   Gambichler, Thilo ^b   Brockmeyer, Norbert H ^b   Pfister, Herbert ^a   Kreuter, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BETA GLOBIN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE DOSAGE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTION; MIXED INFECTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SKIN TEST; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FOREHEAD; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SMOKING; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953908310     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.42     Document Type: Article

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