Predictive clinical factors in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal Kaposi's sarcoma and its endoscopic severity.

Predictive clinical factors in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal Kaposi's sarcoma and its endoscopic severity.

BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of gastrointestinal (GI) involvement in Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is important to make because the need for treatment depends on the extent of the disease. Moreover, severe GI lesions can cause serious complications. Endoscopy with biopsy is an extremely useful method to d...

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Main Authors: Naoyoshi Nagata, Takuro Shimbo, Hirohisa Yazaki, Naoki Asayama, Junichi Akiyama, Katsuji Teruya, Toru Igari, Norio Ohmagari, Shinichi Oka, Naomi Uemura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3511500?pdf=render

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