Kaposi's sarcoma after liver transplantation

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 653-658

  Di Benedetto, Fabrizio ^a   Di Sandro, Stefano ^a   De Ruvo, Nicola ^a   Berretta, Massimiliano ^b   Masetti, Michele ^a   Montalti, Roberto ^a   Ballarin, Roberto ^a   Cocchi, Stefania ^a   Potenza, Leonardo ^a   Luppi, Mario ^a   Gerunda, Giorgio E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

HHV8 coinfection; Kaposi's sarcoma; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN; DACLIZUMAB; DOXORUBICIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 41949141188     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-007-0329-3     Document Type: Article

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