Prognosis of Kaposi's sarcoma as an initial and later AIDS associated illness

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 871-875

  Padiglione, A ^a,c   Goldstein, D ^a   Law, M G ^b   Hoy, J F ^a   Kaldor, J M ^b   Mijch, A M ^a  

^a FAIRFIELD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV; Incidence; Kaposi's sarcoma; Prognosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; DIDANOSINE; STAVUDINE; ZALCITABINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030824040     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008261413274     Document Type: Article

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