Seeking the cause of Kaposi's sarcoma

Nature Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 862-863

  O'Leary, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CD40 ANTIGEN; CYCLINE; CYTOKINE; GENE PRODUCT; INTEGRIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2; VIRUS DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 0029793012     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0896-862     Document Type: Review

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