Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia patients have a high risk of Merkel-cell polyomavirus DNA-positive Merkel-cell carcinoma

BACKGROUND: Immunosuppression and Merkel-cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) infection may have a role in the pathogenesis of Merkel-cell carcinoma (MCC), a rare neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin. METHODS: We studied incidence of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and MCC from the files of the Finnish Can...

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Autores principales: Koljonen, V, Kukko, H, Pukkala, E, Sankila, R, Böhling, T, Tukiainen, E, Sihto, H, Joensuu, H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2009
Materias:
Molecular Diagnostics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2768432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19755994
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6605306

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