Utility of HHV8 RNA detection for differentiating Kaposi's sarcoma from its mimics

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 248-255

  Nuovo, Margaret ^a   Nuovo, Gerard ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINDLE CELL; VASCULAR LESION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANEURYSM; ANGIOMATOSIS; BLOOD VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HIV-1; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035028950     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0560.2001.028005248.x     Document Type: Article

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