Human herpesvirus 8 and angiosarcoma: Analysis of 40 cases and review of the literature

Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 284-287

  Schmid, Holger ^a   Zietz, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; HHV 8; HIV 1; Juvenile haemangioma; Juvenile hemangioma; Kaposi's sarcoma; Multicentric Castleman's disease

Indexed keywords

LATENCY ASSOCIATED NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; ANGIOSARCOMA; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MULTIPLE CANCER; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS LATENCY;

EID: 23944509942     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020500169495     Document Type: Article

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