Intravascular Kaposi's sarcoma - A hitherto unrecognized phenomenon

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 861-864

  Luzar, Boštjan ^a   Antony, Fiona ^a   Ramdial, Pratistadevi K ^b   Calonje, Eduardo ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN ANTIBODY; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; DESMIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; TUMOR GROWTH; VASCULAR TUMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS; VEINS;

EID: 35348946948     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00734.x     Document Type: Article

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