Kaposi's sarcoma following immune suppressive therapy for Wegener's granulomatosis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 622-624

  Deschenes, Isabelle ^a   Dion, Louise ^a   Beauchesne, Claude ^a   De Brum Fernandes, Artur J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Immunosuppression; Kaposi's sarcoma; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MANIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0037334256     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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