Abstract
In an investigation of 201 prostate tissue samples from patients with benign prostate hyperplasia that later progressed to prostate cancer and 201 matched controls that did not, there were no differences in the prevalence of adenovirus, herpesvirus, papilloma virus, polyoma virus and Candida albicans DNA.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adenoviridae / genetics*
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Candida albicans / genetics
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Case-Control Studies
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DNA, Viral / genetics
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Disease Progression
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Gene Expression Profiling
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Humans
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Male
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Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / methods
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Papillomaviridae / genetics*
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Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
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Polyomavirus / genetics*
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Prostatic Neoplasms / microbiology
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Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology
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Prostatic Neoplasms / virology*
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Rhadinovirus / genetics*
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Sensitivity and Specificity