Detection of free circulating Epstein-Barr virus DNA in plasma of patients with Hodgkin’s disease

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Free circulating Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA is often present in the plasma of Hodgkin’s disease patients. The aim here was to evaluate the prevalence of this finding, its correlation with the immunohistochemical expression of LMP-1 (latent membrane protein 1) and the influen...

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Main Authors: Juliane Garcez Musacchio, Maria da Glória da Costa Carvalho, José Carlos Oliveira de Morais, Nathalie Henriques Silva, Adriana Scheliga, Sérgio Romano, Nelson Spector
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802006000300009&lng=en&tlng=en