Burkitt's lymphoma and emerging therapeutic strategies for EBV and AIDS-associated lymphoproliferative diseases in East Africa

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 9 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Mwanda, W O ^a   Whalen, C ^b   Remick, S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

AFRICA, EASTERN; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, AIDS-RELATED; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS;

EID: 33744486376     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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