Clonal proliferations of cells infected with Epstein–Barr virus in preinvasive lesions related to nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Background: The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is consistently detected in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. To determine whether EBV infection is an early, initiating event in the development of this malignant tumor, we screened nasopharyngeal-biopsy samples, most of which were archival, for preinv...

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Main Authors: Pathmanathan, Rajadurai, Prasad, Umapati, Sadler, Robert, Flynn, Kathryn, Raab-Traub, Nancy
Formato: Artigo
Publicado: Massachusetts Medical Society 1995
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