AIDS related malignancies in Brazil

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 476-478

  Sampaio, Julio ^a,b   Brites, Carlos ^b   Araujo, Iguaracyra ^b   Bacchi, Carlos E ^c   Dittmer, Dirk P ^d   Tanaka, Paula Y ^e   Harrington Jr , William ^a   Netto, Eduardo M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c Department of Pathology ^*  (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; HAART; HIV; HTLV I; Kaposi's sarcoma; Lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BRAZIL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EUROPE; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HERPES VIRUS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR VIRUS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BRAZIL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548430551     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCO.0b013e3282c8c8eb     Document Type: Review

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