Treatment response and mortality among patients starting antiretroviral therapy with and without Kaposi sarcoma: a cohort study.

Improved survival among HIV-infected individuals on antiretroviral therapy (ART) has focused attention on AIDS-related cancers including Kaposi sarcoma (KS). However, the effect of KS on response to ART is not well-described in Southern Africa. We assessed the effect of KS on survival and immunologi...

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Main Authors: Mhairi Maskew, Matthew P Fox, Gilles van Cutsem, Kathryn Chu, Patrick Macphail, Andrew Boulle, Matthias Egger, For Iedea Southern Africa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3673971?pdf=render