Kaposi's sarcoma in Africa

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 197-207

  Matondo, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0032725021     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-081X(99)00012-7     Document Type: Review

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