Article
Epstein-Barr virus-associated gastric carcinoma and Epstein-Barr virus infection of the stomach.
Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology - 1 Jul 1994
Fukayama M, Hayashi Y, Iwasaki Y, Chong J, Ooba T, Takizawa T, Koike M, Mizutani S, Miyaki M, Hirai K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been found to be associated with a type of gastric carcinoma (EBVaGC). However, many questions remain unanswered, such as epidemiology, and pathologic features of EBVaGC and the significance of EBV in the genesis of EBVaGC. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Gastric car...
Topics
- Antibodies, Viral
- Base Sequence
- Burkitt Lymphoma
- Carcinoma
- DNA, Viral
- Gastric Mucosa
- Gene Expression
- Genotype
- Herpesvirus 4, Human
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization
- Molecular Probes
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Viral
- Stomach Neoplasms
- Tumor Virus Infections