Kaposi's sarcoma following living donor kidney transplantation: Review of 7,939 recipients

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 679-685

  Einollahi, Behzad ^a   Lessan Pezeshki, Mahboob ^b   Nourbala, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Simforoosh, Naser ^c   Pourfarziani, Vahid ^a   Nemati, Eghlim ^a   Nafar, Mohsen ^c   Basiri, Abbas ^c   Pour Reza Gholi, Fatemeh ^c   Firoozan, Ahmad ^c   Ghadiani, Mohammad Hassan ^a   Makhdoomi, Khadijeh ^d   Ghafari, Ali ^d   Ahmadpour, Pedram ^c   Oliaei, Farshid ^e   Ardalan, Mohammad Reza ^f   Makhlogh, Atieh ^g   Samimagham, Hamid Reza ^h   Azmandian, Jalal ⁱ  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^h HORMOZGAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

ⁱ KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Kaposi's sarcoma; Kidney transplantation; Tumor

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; AGED; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; IRAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISEASE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649987623     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-008-9483-z     Document Type: Review

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