Spontaneously regressed Kaposi's sarcoma and human herpesvirus 8 infection in a human immunodeficiency virus-negative patient

Pathology International

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 340-346

  Kondo, Yasuko ^a,e   Izumi, Tatsuya ^a   Yanagawa, Tatsuo ^a   Kanda, Hiroaki ^b   Katano, Harutaka ^d   Sata, Tetsutaro ^c,d  

^a Nerima General Hospital   (Japan)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c AIDS Research Center   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^e Nerima General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibody assay; Human herpesvirus 8; Kaposi's sarcoma; Polymerase chain reaction analysis; Regression

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SKIN BIOPSY; STEROID THERAPY; SUPPRESSOR CELL; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGED; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV-1; HUMANS; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 0033949335     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2000.01043.x     Document Type: Article

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