Kaposi's sarcoma of the gastrointestinal tract: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 227-231

  Kahl, Philip ^a   Buettner, Reinhard ^a   Friedrichs, Nicolaus ^a   Merkelbach Bruse, Sabine ^a   Wenzel, Joerg ^a   Carl Heukamp, Lukas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

AIDS; Classic Kaposi's sarcoma; Gastrointestinal; Kaposi's sarcoma; Non AIDS

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D2 40; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; DIARRHEA; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HERPES; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; REVIEW; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 34247185307     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2007.01.007     Document Type: Review

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