XMRV: Not a mousy virus

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 273-274

  van der Kuyl, Antoinette C ^a   Berkhout, Ben ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTATE CANCER; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; XENOTROPIC MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS RELATED VIRUS;

EID: 79960354060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09296646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(11)60042-9     Document Type: Note

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