Familial Kaposi's Sarcoma: A Report of Five Cases from Greece

Introduction. Familial cases of Kaposi's sarcoma have rarely been reported. Kaposi's sarcoma is not uncommon in Greece; its incidence is estimated at 0.20 per 100.000 habitants, showing an increased predominance in the Peloponnese, in Southern Greece. Case Report. We describe five cases of...

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Autores principales: Armyra, Kalliopi, Kouris, Anargyros, Xanthinaki, Arsinoi, Stratigos, Alexandros, Potouridou, Irene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4100369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25093124
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/671631
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author Armyra, Kalliopi
Kouris, Anargyros
Xanthinaki, Arsinoi
Stratigos, Alexandros
Potouridou, Irene
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Kouris, Anargyros
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description Introduction. Familial cases of Kaposi's sarcoma have rarely been reported. Kaposi's sarcoma is not uncommon in Greece; its incidence is estimated at 0.20 per 100.000 habitants, showing an increased predominance in the Peloponnese, in Southern Greece. Case Report. We describe five cases of familial clustering of KS originating from Greece. Discussion. The pathogenesis of familial Kaposi's sarcoma is still far from being completely understood. Genetic, environmental, and infectious factors have been incriminated.
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spelling pubmed-41003692014-08-04 Familial Kaposi's Sarcoma: A Report of Five Cases from Greece Armyra, Kalliopi Kouris, Anargyros Xanthinaki, Arsinoi Stratigos, Alexandros Potouridou, Irene Case Rep Dermatol Med Case Report Introduction. Familial cases of Kaposi's sarcoma have rarely been reported. Kaposi's sarcoma is not uncommon in Greece; its incidence is estimated at 0.20 per 100.000 habitants, showing an increased predominance in the Peloponnese, in Southern Greece. Case Report. We describe five cases of familial clustering of KS originating from Greece. Discussion. The pathogenesis of familial Kaposi's sarcoma is still far from being completely understood. Genetic, environmental, and infectious factors have been incriminated. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4100369/ /pubmed/25093124 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/671631 Text en Copyright © 2014 Kalliopi Armyra et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Familial Kaposi's Sarcoma: A Report of Five Cases from Greece
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4100369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25093124
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/671631
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