Absence of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus DNA in bacillary angiomatosis-peliosis lesions

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1386-1389

  Relman, David A ^a,c   Fredricks, David N ^a,b   Yoder, Kristine E ^a,b,e   Mirowski, Ginat ^d,f   Berger, Timothy ^d   Koehler, Jane E ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY; BARTONELLA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PELIOSIS HEPATIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

EID: 0033402379     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314975     Document Type: Article

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