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

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 diagnose GI-K...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2012-11, Vol.7 (11), p.e46967-e46967
Hauptverfasser:	Nagata, Naoyoshi, Shimbo, Takuro, Yazaki, Hirohisa, Asayama, Naoki, Akiyama, Junichi, Teruya, Katsuji, Igari, Toru, Ohmagari, Norio, Oka, Shinichi, Uemura, Naomi
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome Adult AIDS AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - diagnosis AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - pathology AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - surgery AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - virology Antiretroviral agents Antiretroviral drugs Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active Biology Biomarkers - analysis Biopsy CD4 antigen CD4 Lymphocyte Count Clinical trials Complications Diagnosis Disease susceptibility Endoscopy Female Gastroenterology Gastrointestinal Neoplasms - diagnosis Gastrointestinal Neoplasms - pathology Gastrointestinal Neoplasms - surgery Gastrointestinal Neoplasms - virology Gastroscopy Hepatology Highly active antiretroviral therapy HIV HIV patients HIV-1 Hospitals Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Kaposi's sarcoma Kaposis sarcoma Lesions Male Medical diagnosis Medical records Medical treatment Medicine Middle Aged Oncology Pathology Patients Ribonucleic acid RNA RNA, Viral - genetics Sarcoma Sarcoma, Kaposi - diagnosis Sarcoma, Kaposi - pathology Sarcoma, Kaposi - surgery Sarcoma, Kaposi - virology Severity of Illness Index Sexual behavior Sexually transmitted diseases Skin Neoplasms - diagnosis Skin Neoplasms - pathology Skin Neoplasms - surgery Skin Neoplasms - virology STD Tumor Burden Tumors Viral Load
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