Familial Kaposi's sarcoma and Paget's disease of bone.

doi:10.1111/j.1440-0960.1998.tb01481.x

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Familial Kaposi's sarcoma and Paget's disease of bone.

The Australasian journal of dermatology - 1 Nov 1998

Hale L R, Kelly J W

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Familial Kaposi's sarcoma and familial Paget's disease of bone have not previously been reported to occur in the one patient or the one family. We report on an 82-year-old female of Lebanese descent who was recently diagnosed with Kaposi's sarcoma and Paget's disease. Of the patient's eight sibli...

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Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Australia
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
HLA-DR5 Antigen
Histocompatibility Testing
Humans
Lebanon
Osteitis Deformans
Pedigree
Sarcoma, Kaposi
Skin Neoplasms
Toes

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