Chromosomal integration of the HHV-6 genome in a patient with nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 594-595

  Strenger, Volker ^a   Aberle, Stephan W ^b   Nacheva, Elisabeth P ^c   Urban, Christian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosomally integrated Human Herpesvirus 6; Hodgkin lymphoma; Human Herpesvirus Type 6; Inherited Human Herpesvirus 6; Oncogenic potential

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME MAP; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6 INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; NIGHT SWEAT; NODULAR SCLEROSIS HODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PALLOR; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION; VIRUS GENOME;

FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; REED-STERNBERG CELLS; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84876801236     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12257     Document Type: Letter

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