An upsurge of new cases of Kaposi's sarcoma in Iraqi patients [1]

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 224-225

  Al Waiz, Makram ^a   Sharquie, Khalifa E ^a   Al Hamdani, Ghannam A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IRAQ; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 0038752901     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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