Merkel cell polyomavirus and p63 status in Merkel cell carcinoma by immunohistochemistry: Merkel cell polyomavirus positivity is inversely correlated with sun damage, but neither is correlated with outcome

Pathology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 205-210

  Dabner, Marcus ^a   McClure, Robert J ^a   Harvey, Nathan T ^a   Budgeon, Charley A ^a,b   Beer, Trevor W ^c   Amanuel, Benhur ^a   Wood, Benjamin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Clinipath Pathology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Merkel cell carcinoma; Merkel cell polyomavirus; P63

Indexed keywords

CKAP4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PROGNOSIS; SKIN TUMOR; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84902159560     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAT.0000000000000069     Document Type: Article

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