HHV-8 positive, HIV negative disseminated Kaposi's sarcoma complicating steroid dependent ulcerative colitis: A successfully treated case [6]

Gut

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1049-1050

  Bursics, A ^a   Morvay, K ^a   Abraham K ^a   Marschalko M ^a   Kardos, M ^a   Jaray B ^a   Nagy, K ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DNA ISOLATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTOCOLECTOMY; RELAPSE; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; STEROID THERAPY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 21044432340     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2005.069500     Document Type: Letter

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