Detection of Merkel cell polyomavirus in Merkel cell carcinomas and small cell carcinomas by PCR and immunohistochemistry

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1231-1241

  Jung, Hun Soon ^a   Choi, Yoon La ^b,c   Choi, Jong Sun ^d   Roh, Ji Hyeon ^d   Pyon, Jai Kyong ^c   Woo, Kyong Je ^c   Lee, Eun Hee ^c   Jang, Kee Taek ^c   Han, Joungho ^c   Park, Chan Sik ^e   Park, Young Soo ^e   Shin, Young Kee ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^e University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Merkel cell carcinoma; Merkel cell polyomavirus; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

POLYOMAVIRUS;

EID: 80053297091     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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