Aids-related Kaposi's sarcoma: Prospective validation of the AIDS clinical trials group staging classification

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3085-3092

  Krown, Susan E ^a   Testa, Marcia A ^a   Huang, Jenny ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0030765515     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1997.15.9.3085     Document Type: Article

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