AIDS - Associated Kaposi's sarcoma: A rare entity at Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai hospital

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-120

  Khunamornpong, Surapan ^a   Bhoopat, Lertlakana ^a   Vithayasai, Prakong ^a   Pruksachatkunakorn, Chulabhorn ^b  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN; THAILAND;

EID: 0030439824     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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