Gastro-intestinal Kaposi's sarcoma, with special reference to the appendix

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-11

  Chetty, Runjan ^a   Arendse, Michael P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; PATHOLOGY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; APPENDICITIS; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 0033045828     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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