Kaposi's sarcoma (KS)-associated herpesvirus-like DNA sequences in peripheral blood mononuclear cells: Association with KS and persistence in patients receiving anti-herpesvirus drugs

Blood

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 297-301

  Humphrey, Rachel W ^a   O'Brien, Thomas R ^b   Newcomb, Fonda M ^b   Nishihara, Hidehiro ^b   Wyvill, Kathleen M ^b   Ramos, Gladys A ^b   Saville, M Wayne ^b   Goedert, James J ^b   Straus, Stephen E ^b   Yarchoan, Robert ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION;

EID: 8944256085     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v88.1.297.297     Document Type: Article

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