Kaposi's sarcoma of organ transplants recipients: Should it be prevented, stabilized or attempted to cure?;Maladie de Kaposi du transplanté d'organe: Faut-il prévenir, stabiliser ou tenter de guérir?

Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie

Volumn 132, Issue 11 I, 2005, Pages 829-831

  Frances C ^a   Lebbe C ^b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR;

ALLOGRAFT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KIDNEY GRAFT; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PROGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 29844454799     PISSN: 01519638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0151-9638(05)79499-0     Document Type: Editorial

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