Three cases of classic Kaposi's sarcoma with different subtypes of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 843-846

  Serwin, Agnieszka B ^a,b,c   Mysliwiec, Hanna ^a,b,c   Wilder, Natalie ^a,b,c   Schwartz, Robert A ^a,b,c   Chodynicka, Bozena ^a,b,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFUZOSIN; BLEOMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; INSULIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENTOXIFYLLINE; RANITIDINE; VINBLASTINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DUODENUM ULCER; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HYPERTENSION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PROSTATE ADENOMA; SKIN BIOPSY; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; VIROLOGY;

AGED; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 33745612081     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02465.x     Document Type: Article

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