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Ultrastructural Proof of Polyomavirus in Merkel Cell Carcinoma Tumour Cells and Its Absence in Small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung

BACKGROUND: A new virus called the Merkel Cell Polyomavirus (MCPyV) has recently been found in Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MCC). MCC is a rare aggressive small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma primarily derived from the skin, morphologically indistinguishable from small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC). So far th...

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Autores principales: Wetzels, Charlotte T. A. H., Hoefnagel, Jolanda G. M., Bakkers, Judith M. J. E., Dijkman, Henry B. P. M., Blokx, Willeke A. M., Melchers, Willem J. G.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2654729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19305499
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004958