Fluctuations of epstein-barr virus serological antibodies and risk for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a prospective screening study with a 20-year follow-up.

BACKGROUND:The impact of variation of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) antibody titers before the development of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is still unclear. We analyzed the fluctuations of antibodies against EBV before histopathological diagnosis to assess the risk of NPC and aimed to provide a reliabl...

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Main Authors: Su-Mei Cao, Zhiwei Liu, Wei-Hua Jia, Qi-Hong Huang, Qing Liu, Xiang Guo, Teng-Bo Huang, Weimin Ye, Ming-Huang Hong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3081347?pdf=render