Merkel cell polyomavirus detection in a patient with familial epidermodysplasia verruciformis

Eun-Kyung M Kwon; Christian R Halvorson; Peter Rady; Stephen Tyring; Harrison P Nguyen; Grace F Kao; Anthony A Gaspari

doi:10.1111/pde.12130

Merkel cell polyomavirus detection in a patient with familial epidermodysplasia verruciformis

Pediatr Dermatol. 2013 Jul-Aug;30(4):505-7. doi: 10.1111/pde.12130. Epub 2013 Mar 28.

Authors

Eun-Kyung M Kwon¹, Christian R Halvorson, Peter Rady, Stephen Tyring, Harrison P Nguyen, Grace F Kao, Anthony A Gaspari

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA.

PMID: 23535066
DOI: 10.1111/pde.12130

Abstract

We report a case of Merkel cell polyomavirus detection in the skin of a patient with epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EDV) and a family history remarkable for an unusual inheritance pattern for EDV.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child
Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis / complications
Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis / genetics*
Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis / virology*
Family Health
Female
Humans
Male
Membrane Proteins / genetics*
Merkel cell polyomavirus / genetics*
Merkel cell polyomavirus / isolation & purification
Pedigree
Polyomavirus Infections / complications
Polyomavirus Infections / diagnosis
Polyomavirus Infections / genetics*

Substances

Membrane Proteins
TMC6 protein, human
TMC8 protein, human