Absence of Y-chromosome sequences in tumors from African women with AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma

Cancer Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-233

  Mbulaiteye, Sam M ^a   Sternberg, Lawrence R ^b   Nsubuga, Martin M ^c   Anver, Miriam R ^b   Mehta, Meghna ^c   Biryahwaho, Benon ^d   Kambugu, Fred ^c   Rabkin, Charles S ^a   Biggar, Robert J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^d UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Chimerism; Kaposi sarcoma; Sexual transmission

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SRY GENE; Y CHROMOSOME;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENES, Y-LINKED; HUMANS; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33847642566     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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