No evidence for a causal role of Merkel cell polyomavirus in keratoacanthoma

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-46

  Wieland, Ulrike ^a   Scola, Nina ^b   Stolte, Benjamin ^b   Stücker, Markus ^b   Silling, Steffi ^a   Kreuter, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

keratoacanthoma; Merkel cell carcinoma; Merkel cell polyomavirus; squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARAFFIN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GLOBIN GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATOACANTHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VIRUS LOAD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, VIRAL, TUMOR; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOACANTHOMA; MALE; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84862286637     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2011.07.026     Document Type: Article

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