Splenic smooth-muscle tumors in children with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: Report of two cases of this unusual location with evidence of an association with Epstein-Barr virus

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 436, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 138-139

  Barbashina, V ^a   Heller, D S ^a   Hameed, M ^a   Albanese, E ^a   Goldstein, M ^a   Dashefsky, B ^a   Dieudonne, A ^a   Chakraborty, R ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Epstein Barr virus; Smooth muscle tumors

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN TUMOR; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0034011793     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008213     Document Type: Article

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