The diagnostic challenge and management of pulmonary Kaposi's sarcoma in renal transplant recipients

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1061-1064

  Krayem, Ayman B ^a   Wali, Siraj O ^a   Samman, Yaseen S ^a  

^a KING KHALID NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Kaposi's sarcoma; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; DETORUBICIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LIPOSOME; PACLITAXEL; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG SARCOMA; PATIENT CARE; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; SKIN TUMOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035674406     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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