Kaposi's sarcoma with an intense parasitization by Leishmania

Cutis

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-105

  Gallego, Miguel A ^a,b   Aguilar, Antonio ^a,b   Plaza, Susana ^a,c   Gomez, Juan M ^a,c   Burgos, Fernando ^a,c   Agud, Jose L ^a,c   Marco, Javier ^a,c   García, Carmen ^a,c  

^a Hospital Severo Ochoa ^*

^b HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; SKIN BIOPSY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030028791     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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