Kaposi sarcoma in a Thai boy with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Kaposi sarcoma is rare in children with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We report a 3-year-old boy with AIDS and Kaposi sarcoma of the skin and lymph node. This patient is the only one with this disease among 278 children with AIDS who have been seen at Chiang Mai University Hospital. He...

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Main Authors: Pruksachatkunakorn C., Uruwannakul K., Bhoopat L.
Format: Case Reports
Language:English
Published: 2014
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3502482
http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/3468
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-34682014-08-30T02:26:09Z Kaposi sarcoma in a Thai boy with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Pruksachatkunakorn C. Uruwannakul K. Bhoopat L. Kaposi sarcoma is rare in children with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We report a 3-year-old boy with AIDS and Kaposi sarcoma of the skin and lymph node. This patient is the only one with this disease among 278 children with AIDS who have been seen at Chiang Mai University Hospital. He responded well to intravenous vincristine. 2014-08-30T02:26:09Z 2014-08-30T02:26:09Z 1995 Case Reports 0736-8046 7501559 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3502482 http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/3468 eng
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description Kaposi sarcoma is rare in children with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We report a 3-year-old boy with AIDS and Kaposi sarcoma of the skin and lymph node. This patient is the only one with this disease among 278 children with AIDS who have been seen at Chiang Mai University Hospital. He responded well to intravenous vincristine.
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author Pruksachatkunakorn C.
Uruwannakul K.
Bhoopat L.
spellingShingle Pruksachatkunakorn C.
Uruwannakul K.
Bhoopat L.
Kaposi sarcoma in a Thai boy with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
author_facet Pruksachatkunakorn C.
Uruwannakul K.
Bhoopat L.
author_sort Pruksachatkunakorn C.
title Kaposi sarcoma in a Thai boy with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
title_short Kaposi sarcoma in a Thai boy with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
title_full Kaposi sarcoma in a Thai boy with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
title_fullStr Kaposi sarcoma in a Thai boy with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Kaposi sarcoma in a Thai boy with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
title_sort kaposi sarcoma in a thai boy with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
publishDate 2014
url http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3502482
http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/3468
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