title: Merkel cell polyomavirus detection in a patient with familial epidermodysplasia verruciformis.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA.
authors.forename: Eun-Kyung M
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Christian R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Halvorson
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rady
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tyring
authors.forename: Harrison P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Grace F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: Anthony A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Gaspari
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004819:Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics* / Q000821:virology*; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D059965:Merkel cell polyomavirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010375:Pedigree; D027601:Polyomavirus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; C470314:TMC6 protein, human; C470315:TMC8 protein, human