Persistent human herpesvirus 8 viremia before Kaposi's sarcoma development in a liver transplant recipient

Transplantation

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 395-397

  Pozo, Francisco ^c   Tenorio, Antonio ^a   De la Mata, Manuel ^b   De Ory, Fernando ^a   Torre Cisneros, Julián ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERPES; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0034721083     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200007270-00030     Document Type: Article

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