Suspected idiopathic CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia in a young patient with vulvar carcinoma stage IV

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 423-426

  Rijnders, Robbert J P ^a   Van Den Ende, Ineke E ^a   Huikeshoven, Frans J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; ONSET AGE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VULVA CARCINOMA;

EID: 0029941563     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1996.0167     Document Type: Article

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