| Literature DB >> 12920588 |
S Awerkiew1, E Bollschweiler, R Metzger, P M Schneider, A H Hölscher, H Pfister.
Abstract
Esophageal squamous cell carcinomas ( n=23) and adenocarcinomas ( n=14) from German patients were tested for the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) and Epstein-Barr-Virus (EBV) DNA. No DNA for either genital HPV or epidermodysplasia verruciformis-associated HPV was detected in any tumor. In contrast, 35% of squamous cell carcinomas and 36% of adenocarcinomas were shown to contain EBV DNA by nested polymerase chain reaction.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12920588 DOI: 10.1007/s00430-002-0128-z
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Med Microbiol Immunol ISSN: 0300-8584 Impact factor: 3.402