Anaplastic Kaposi sarcoma resembling epithelioid angiosarcoma in an HIV-positive man

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 358-359

  Craddock, Kenneth J ^a   Labonte, Sébastien ^a   Ghazarian, Danny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LETTER; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 44949146210     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2008.0418     Document Type: Letter

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