Kaposi's sarcoma and pemphigus [27]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 571-572

  Pantanowitz, L ^a   Dezube, B J ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 6;

CANCER REGRESSION; ERYTHEMATOUS PEMPHIGUS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LETTER; PEMPHIGUS; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; PEMPHIGUS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33947409469     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01968.x     Document Type: Letter

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