Epstein-Barr virus-associated gastric carcinoma and Epstein-Barr virus infection of the stomach. - Concepedia

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Epstein-Barr virus-associated gastric carcinoma and Epstein-Barr virus infection of the stomach.

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1994

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Masashi Fukayama, Yukiko Hayashi, Yoshiaki Iwasaki, J. Chong, Takayo Ooba, T Takizawa, Masato Koike, Shuki Mizutani, Michiko Miyaki, Kanji Hirai

Abstract

EBV may infect the surface epithelium of the stomach through the reactivated EBV-carrying lymphocytes. EBV may be a factor initiating EBVaGC. Anti-EBV antibodies or EBER1 in situ hybridization may help to identify patients at high risk for EBVaGC.