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Absence of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I and human foamy virus in thymoma

The cause of thymoma, a rare malignancy of thymic epithelial cells, is unknown. Recent studies have reported the detection of DNA from human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) and human foamy virus (HFV) in small numbers of thymoma tumours, suggesting an aetiologic role for these retroviruses...

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Autores principales: Li, H, Loehrer, P J, Hisada, M, Henley, J, Whitby, D, Engels, E A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2409482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15150553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6601841