Failure to detect paramyxovirus sequences in paget's disease of bone using the polymerase chain reaction

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It is widely believed that Paget's disease of bone is due to a "slow virus" infection of osteoclasts with one of the paramyxovirus group. Controversy continues to surround the identity of the virus involved, however, since at different times evidence has been presented implicating measles virus (MV), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and canine distemper virus (CDV) as putative infective agents. In this study we...

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