Article
Human herpesvirus-8-associated body cavity-based lymphoma in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients: a unique B-cell neoplasm.
Human pathology - 1 Jul 1997
Karcher D S, Alkan S
Abstract excerpt
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related body cavity-based lymphomas (BCBLs) are known to exhibit unusual clinical, immunophenotypic, and genotypic features, and have recently been found to harbor DNA sequences of a new human herpesvirus, designated Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) or human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8). The authors have encountered eight cases of HHV-8-associated BCBL in HIV-infected...
Topics
- DNA, Viral
- Gene Rearrangement
- Genotype
- HIV Infections
- Herpesviridae Infections
- Herpesvirus 8, Human
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping
- Lymphoma, AIDS-Related
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
