Relationship of HHV8 replication and Kaposi's sarcoma after solid organ transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1200-1201

  Mendez, Julio C ^a   Procop, Gary W ^a   Espy, Mark J ^a   Smith, Thomas F ^a   McGregor, Christopher G A ^a   Paya, Carlos V ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; FAMCICLOVIR; OKT 3; PREDNISONE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HERPES; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

DNA, VIRAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0033609068     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199904270-00022     Document Type: Article

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