Kaposi's sarcoma after immunosuppressive therapy with prednisone
- 1 November 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology
- Vol. 116 (11) , 1280-1282
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.116.11.1280
Abstract
Immunosuppressed patients are at risk of acquiring Kaposi''s sarcoma. A 66 yr old man with bronchial asthma is presented who was receiving immunosuppressive medication (prednisone given for systemic effect) and in whom Kaposi''s sarcoma developed. The literature on this subject is reviewed.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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