Kaposi’s sarcoma in renal-transplant recipients: Experience at the catholic university in rome, 1988–1996

Dermatology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 229-233

  La Parola, I Lesnoni ^a   Masini, C ^a   Nanni, G ^b   Diociaiuti, A ^a   Panocchia, N ^b   Cerimele, D ^a  

^a Istituto di Clinica Dermatologica   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Immunosuppression; Kaposi and rsquo; s sarcoma; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; ITALY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SKIN DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0004784399     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000246107     Document Type: Article

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