Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome associated with Kaposi's sarcoma: Successful treatment with interferon-α [3]

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 539-540

  Ueno, Takashi ^a   Mitsuishi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kimura, Yoichi ^a   Kato, Toshihiko ^b   Hasegawa, Hideki ^c   Katano, Harutaka ^c   Sata, Tetsutaro ^c   Kurane, Shinji ^a   Kawana, Seiji ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Department of Clinical Laboratory   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; EFAVIRENZ; LAMIVUDINE; STAVUDINE;

CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LETTER; MALE; OPEN READING FRAME;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 36749050340     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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