Epidemiology of classic and AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma in the USA: Incidence, survival, and geographical distribution from 1975 to 2005

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 200-206

  Armstrong, A W ^a   Lam, K H ^a   Chase, E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; epidemiology; HIV AIDS; immunocompromised patients

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS RELATED KAPOSI SARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CLASSIC KAPOSI SARCOMA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870866374     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812000325     Document Type: Article

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