An atypical aggressive Kaposi's sarcoma in a HIV-negative bisexual man

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 75-77

  Adedayo, A O ^a,b   Grell, G A C ^a,b   Boada, L G ^a,b   Bellot, P ^a,b  

^a Princess Margaret Hospital   (Dominica)

^b ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; FATAL OUTCOME; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; MALE; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VINBLASTINE;

EID: 0035288111     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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