Kaposi's sarcoma and human chorionic gonadotropin: Mechanisms, moieties and mysteries

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 383, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1315-1320

  Bisacchi, Davide ^a   Noonan, Douglas M ^a   Carlone, Sebastiano ^a   Albini, Adriana ^a   Pfeffer, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AIDS related tumors; Angiogenesis; Chorionic gonadotropin; Human herpesvirus 8; Kaposi's sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; INCIDENCE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LABORATORY TEST; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN TUMOR; TRANSPLANTATION; URINE; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; REVIEW;

HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 0036753859     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2002.149     Document Type: Short Survey

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