Visceral Kaposi's sarcoma with intracranial metastasis: A rare complication of renal transplantation

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 505-508

  Bahat, Elif ^a   Akman, Sema ^a   Karpuzoglu, Gulten ^a   Aktan, Sukru ^a   Ucar, Tanju ^a   Arslan, A Gokhan ^a   Nenonen, Nancy ^b   Guven, Ayfer Gur ^a   Karpuzoglu, Tuncer ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Herpes virus type 8; Intracranial metastases; Kaposi's sarcoma; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0036904132     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3046.2002.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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