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Association of Merkel cell polyomavirus infection with clinicopathological differences in Merkel cell carcinoma.
Human pathology - 1 Dec 2012
Higaki-Mori Hiromi, Kuwamoto Satoshi, Iwasaki Takeshi, Kato Masako, Murakami Ichiro, Nagata Keiko, Sano Hitoshi, Horie Yasushi, Yoshida Yuichi, Yamamoto Osamu, Adachi Kaori, Nanba Eiji, Hayashi Kazuhiko
Abstract excerpt
Merkel cell polyomavirus is a novel polyomavirus that is monoclonally integrated into genomes of up to 80% of human Merkel cell carcinomas. Merkel cell polyomavirus-positive Merkel cell carcinomas showed less metastatic tendency and better prognosis according to some reports, whereas others disag...
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