Kaposi's sarcoma in a renal transplant patient receiving Fk-506;Sarcoma de kaposi em paciente transplantada renal em uso de Fk-506

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 707-710

  Zanol, Jorge David Rocha ^a   Lecompte, Sérgio Martinez ^a   De Carvalho, André Vicente Esteves ^a   Trez, Elisa Gobbato ^a  

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Author keywords

Kaposi; Kidney transplantation; Sarcoma; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; FUROSEMIDE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RECIPIENT; SKIN TUMOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036873919     PISSN: 03650596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0365-05962002000600008     Document Type: Article

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