Serologic association of human herpesvirus eight with posttransplant Kaposi's sarcoma in Saudi Arabia

Transplantation

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 583-585

  Quinibi, Wajeh ^a   Al Furayh, Othman ^a   Almeshari, Khalid ^a   Lin, Su Fang ^b,d   Sun, Ren ^b   Heston, Lee ^b   Ross, David ^b,e   Rigsby, Michael ^b,c   Miller, George ^b  

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

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Dept Vet Aff Connecticut H ^*  (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERPES; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; INFECTION RISK; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA;

ARAB COUNTRIES; ASIA; BIOLOGY; CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; NEOPLASMS; PHYSIOLOGY; RENAL EFFECTS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; STUDIES; UROGENITAL EFFECTS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VIRAL DISEASES; WESTERN ASIA;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0032570739     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199802270-00024     Document Type: Article

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