Human herpesvirus-8/Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus in organ transplant patients with immunosuppression

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 412-414

  Alkan, Serhan ^a,c   Karcher, Donald S ^a   Ortiz, Antonia ^a   Khalil, Salem ^b   Akhtar, Mohammed ^b   Ali, M Ashraf ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

human herpesvirus 8; immunosuppression; Kaposi's sarcoma; Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus; transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KAPOSI SARCOMA VIRUS; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031039598     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.d01-2040.x     Document Type: Article

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