Human Herpesvirus 8 in Italian HIV-Seronegative Patients With Kaposi Sarcoma
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- 1 June 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology
- Vol. 134 (6) , 695-699
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.134.6.695
Abstract
FIRST DESCRIBED more than 100 years ago,1 Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a multicentric neoplasm for which the etiopathogenesis is still under discussion. Epidemiological data pointed to the involvement of an infectious agent preferentially transmitted by sexual contact.2,3Keywords
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