No evidence for the involvement of XMRV or MCV in the pathogenesis of breast cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1166-1170

  Khan, G ^a   Philip, P S ^a   Naase, M ^b   Al Zarouni, K M I ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breast cancer; MCV; Merkel cell carcinoma; prostate cancer; XMRV

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; PLASMID DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; XENOTROPIC MULV RELATED VIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; XENOTROPIC MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS-RELATED VIRUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858297840     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.51     Document Type: Article

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