Tropism of human herpesvirus 8 for peripheral blood lymphocytes in patients with Castleman's disease

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 790-793

  Kikuta, Hideaki ^a   Itakura, Osamu ^a   Taneichi, Koji ^b   Kohno, Michifumi ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kitami Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Castleman's disease; Human herpesvirus 8; Kaposi's sarcoma; Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; CD2 ANTIGEN; PREDNISOLONE; VIRUS DNA;

ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0031470809     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.4653269.x     Document Type: Article

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