Rapidly progressive classic Kaposi sarcoma in an adolescent: Response to interferon alfa therapy and biological correlates [3]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 555-557

  Guttman Yassky, E ^a,b   Kra Oz, Z ^a   Cohen, A ^b   Sattinger, Y ^a   Rot, T ^a   Sarid, R ^b   Bergman, R ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; LATENCY ASSOCIATED NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; LATENCY ASSOCIATED NUCLEAR ANTIGEN 1; RECOMBINANT ALPHA INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2A INTERFERON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARM; ASTHMA; BIOLOGY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BUTTOCK; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FECES ANALYSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LEG; LETTER; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY; ULTRASOUND; URINALYSIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33644900989     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.07075.x     Document Type: Letter

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