Kaposi's sarcoma in an immunocompetent patient following corticosteroid therapy

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 226-

  Antón, Enrique ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE ZUMÁRRAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Human herpesvirus 8 infection; Iatrogenic Kaposi's sarcoma; Immunocompetent adult

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE; HAPLOTYPE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LETTER; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MOUTH MUCOSA; ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SPINDLE CELL; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION;

GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 41549094217     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.07.003     Document Type: Letter

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