Usefulness of molecular detection of human herpesvirus-8 in the diagnosis of Kaposi sarcoma by fine-needle aspiration

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-96

  Alkan, Serhan ^a   Eltoum, Isam A ^b   Tabbara, Sana ^c   Day, Estela ^c   Karcher, Donald S ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Herpes viruses; Kaposi sarcoma; Polymerase chain reaction; Vascular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOFIBROMA; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0032925963     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/111.1.91     Document Type: Article

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