Is classic Kaposi's sarcoma endemic in Peru?: Report of a case in an indigenous patient

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 324-326

  Mohanna, Salim ^a   Maco, Vicente ^a   Gown, Allen ^a   Morales, Domingo ^b   Bravo, Francisco ^a   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^a  

^a Canal View Building 551 ^*

^b NONE   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; ETHAMBUTOL; HEMOGLOBIN; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORIENTATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HYPERKERATOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; PALLOR; PERU; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RIGIDITY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FATALITY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FATAL OUTCOME; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; POPULATION GROUPS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 33748744456     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.324     Document Type: Article

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