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Corticosteroid Induced, HHV-8 Positive Kaposi’s Sarcoma in a Non-HIV Elderly Patient
Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) was first described in 1872 by Moritz Kaposi. In 1994, Chang et al. first identified DNA sequences corresponding to human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) in AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcoma biopsies. It is now believed that presence of HHV-8 is necessary but not sufficient to cause KS. Oth...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Islamic Medical Association of North America
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3708632/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23864989 http://dx.doi.org/10.5915/44-1-9317 |