Kaposi's sarcoma in childhood: An analysis of 100 cases from Uganda and relationship to HIV infection

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 200-203

  Ziegler, John L ^a   Katongole Mbidde, Edward ^a  

^a UGANDA CANCER INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENTS; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; CANCER; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; HIV INFECTIONS; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; STUDIES; UGANDA; VIRAL DISEASES--ETIOLOGY; VIRAL DISEASES--TRANSMISSION; YOUTH;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SEX FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 0030048629     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960117)65:2<200::AID-IJC12>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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