The Merkel cell polyomavirus and its involvement in Merkel cell carcinoma

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 232-238

  Amber, Kyle ^a   McLeod, Michael P ^a   Nouri, Keyvan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; P CADHERIN; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN; VIRUS SMALL T ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER THERAPY; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DNA REPLICATION; DNA VIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR REGRESSION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTION;

CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84873467040     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dsu.12079     Document Type: Review

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