Absence of the trichodysplasia spinulosaassociated polyomavirus in human pilomatricomas

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 453-454

  Kanitakis, Jean ^a   Kazem, Siamaque ^b   van der Meijden, Els ^b   Feltkamp, Mariet ^b  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN VP1; VIRUS DNA;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; HAIR DISEASE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PILOMATRIXOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; TRICHODYSPLASIA SPINULOSA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTION; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, VIRAL; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; PILOMATRIXOMA; POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 79960777382     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2011.1395     Document Type: Letter

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