Bacillary angiomatosis of the spleen

Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 398-401

  Mulvany, Nicholas J ^a   Billson, Virginia R ^a  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacillary angiomatosis; Peliosis; Rochalimaea henselae; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION; OVARY CARCINOMA; RICKETTSIA; SKIN DEFECT; SPLEEN TUMOR;

ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS; SPLENIC DISEASES;

EID: 0027753655     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00313029309090867     Document Type: Article

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