Widespread cutaneous bacillary angiomatosis and a large fungating mass in an HIV-positive man

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 2 II, 1996, Pages 285-287

  Fagan, Wayne A ^a   DeCamp, Nicole C ^a   Kraus, Eric W ^a   Pulitzer, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION;

EID: 0030056643     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(96)90649-0     Document Type: Article

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