Variants of Kaposi's sarcoma in Southern Africa: A retrospective analysis (1980-1992)

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-199

  Stein, Moshe E ^a,b,c   Lachter, Jesse ^b   Spencer, David ^c   Margolius, Larry ^c   Bezwoda, Werner R ^c  

^a Northern Israel Oncology Center   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0029964689     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841869609098501     Document Type: Article

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