HHV8 infection and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in children;Infezione da HHV8 e leucemia linfoblastica acuta in età pediatrica

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-34

  Di Gangi, Maria ^a   Romano, Amelia ^a   Fugardi, Maria Gabriella ^a   Vitale, Francesco ^a   Perna, Anna Maria ^a   Tramuto, Francesca ^a   Mazzola, Angela ^a   Scarlata, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human Herpes virus 8 Leukaemia Kaposi's sarcoma

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 12444289119     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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