Kaposi sarcoma flares during effective antiretroviral treatment

AIDS Reader

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 190-191

  Aboulafia, David M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Bailey Boushay House   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG CANCER; MALE; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS LOAD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 18244380602     PISSN: 10530894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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