Kaposi sarcoma: Changing trend in Calabar, South Eastern Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 98-101

  Asuquo, M E ^a,b   Ogunkeyede, A ^a   Bassey, E E ^a   Ebughe, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^b NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

HIV; Kaposi sarcoma; Trend

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYELID; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; MELANOMA; NIGERIA; NOSE; PENIS; PREVALENCE; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN SURGERY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREND STUDY;

EID: 60149109497     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.55670     Document Type: Article

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