Upper gastrointestinal Kaposi's sarcoma in HIV-infected patients: ten years of endoscopy observation at a single Brazilian center

Upper gastrointestinal Kaposi's sarcoma in HIV-infected patients: ten years of endoscopy observation at a single Brazilian center

Background: Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is the most common neoplasm among HIV-infected individuals. The frequency of involvement of KS in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and the associated epidemiological, immune, endoscopic, and histopathological features in HIV-infected patients, were evaluated in...

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Main Authors: Rosamar Eulira Fontes Rezende, Rafael Lima Kahwage, Tarciana Vieira da Costa, Alcyone Artioli Machado, Mariângela Ottoboni Brunaldi, Rafael Kemp, José Luiz Pimenta Módena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-10-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Kaposi's sarcoma
HIV-positive
Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
Immunohistochemistry
Epidemiology
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