Epidemic (human immunodeficiency virus-related) Kaposi's sarcoma in West African women

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 794-799

  Nnoruka, Edith N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETHAMBUTOL; FLUCONAZOLE; ISONIAZID; LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AFRICA; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; MUCOSA; NIGERIA; PAPULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN NODULE; STAGING; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; TINEA CORPORIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; EYE NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0142248931     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2003.01909.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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