Transplantation-associated malignancies

Transplantation

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 175-178

  Cathomas, Gieri ^a   Tamm, Michael ^a   Mcgandy, Christine E ^a   Itin, Peter H ^a   Gudat, Fred ^a   Thiel, Gilbert ^a   Mihatsch, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TUMOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030749459     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199707150-00033     Document Type: Article

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