HHV8 and female Kaposi's sarcoma

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 447-452

  Kennedy, Margaret M ^a   Lucas, Sebastian B ^b   Russell Jones, Robin ^c   Howells, David D ^d   Picton, Steve J ^d   Bardon, Angela ^d   Comley, Iain L ^d   Mcgee, James O'D ^a   O'Leary, John J ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d PE Applied Biosystems   (United Kingdom)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Female; HHV8; Kaposi's sarcoma; TaqMan PCR

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; TAQ POLYMERASE;

EID: 0030715667     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199712)183:4<447::AID-PATH954>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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