HHV-8 DNA sequences in the peripheral blood and skin lesions of an HIV-negative patient with multiple eruptive dermatofibromas: Implications for the detection of HHV-8 as a diagnostic marker for Kaposi's sarcoma

Dermatology

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 217-221

  Kazakov, D V ^a   Schmid, M ^a   Adams, V ^c   Cathomas, G ^b   Muller B ^a   Burg, G ^a   Kempf, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Liestal Hospital   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Histiocytoma; Human herpesvirus 8; Mesenchymal tumors; Oncogenic virus; Spindle cells

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FIBROSIS; HERPES; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; OPEN READING FRAME; PIGMENTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SERUM; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NODULE; SKIN SCAR; TUMOR CELL; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD34; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037251377     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068896     Document Type: Article

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