The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been studied for over 25 years as a probable cause of certain human cancers, including nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). This is a low-incidence head and neck cancer in Western countries (including the USA), but is the third-leading cancer in males in Southeast Asia. E
Epstein-barr virus carriage by nasopharyngeal carcinoma in situ
β Scribed by W. M. Yeung; Y. S. Zong; C. T. Chiu; K. H. Chan; Jonathan S. T. Sham; Damon T. K. Choy; M. H. Ng
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 792 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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