Familial clustering of classic Kaposi sarcoma

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 189, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2023-2026

  Guttman Yassky, Emma ^a   Cohen, Adina ^c   Kra Oz, Zippi ^a   Friedman Birnbaum, Rachel ^a   Sprecher, Elli ^a   Zaltzman, Neli ^a   Friedman, Eitan ^d   Silbermann, Michael ^a   Rubin, Dina ^a   Linn, Shai ^b   Whitby, Dennis ^e   Gideoni, Osnat ^a   Pollack, Shimon ^a   Bergman, Reuven ^a   Sarid, Ronit ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 2542504282     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/386308     Document Type: Article

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