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    Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a type of cancer that can form masses on the skin, in lymph nodes, in the mouth, or in other organs. The skin lesions are usually...
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    Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is the ninth known human herpesvirus; its formal name according to the International Committee on Taxonomy...
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  • Kaposi can refer to: Moritz Kaposi, a Hungarian physician and dermatologist Kaposi's sarcoma, a disease named for Kaposi This disambiguation page lists...
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    Petr; Bylaite-Bucinskiene, Matilda (2019). "Diagnosis and treatment of Kaposi's sarcoma: European consensus-based interdisciplinary guideline (EDF/EADO/EORTC)"...
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  • Kaposi's Sarcoma". Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America. 10 (5): 1023–1029. doi:10.1016/S0889-8588(05)70382-8. PMID 8880194. "Kaposi Sarcoma."...
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    Austro-Hungarian Empire who discovered the skin tumor that received his name (Kaposi's sarcoma). Born in Kaposvár, Hungary, Austrian Empire, to a Jewish family, originally...
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    Medicine studied gay men developing a previously rare skin cancer called Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). Many more cases of PJP and KS emerged, alerting U.S. Centers...
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    neurofibromatosis type 1, and heritable RB1 gene mutations. Kaposi sarcoma is caused by Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (HHV-8). The mechanisms by which...
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    Some types of sarcoma that can manifest on the skin include: Angiosarcoma Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans Fibroxanthoma Kaposi's sarcoma Leiomyosarcoma...
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  • causative agent for Kaposi's sarcoma. Slavin, Cameron, and Singh note first that research indicates that, quote "Kaposi's sarcoma occurs with great frequency...
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    This family represents the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) internal ribosome entry site (IRES) present in the vCyclin gene. The vCyclin...
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    steroids or eczema. It is also known as Kaposi varicelliform eruption, Pustulosis varioliformis acute and Kaposi–Juliusberg dermatitis. Some sources reserve...
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  • breast 176 Kaposi's sarcoma 176.0 Kaposi's sarcoma skin 176.1 Kaposi's sarcoma soft tissue 176.2 Kaposi's sarcoma palate 176.3 Kaposi's sarcoma gastrointestinal...
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    description of new subtypes of Kaposi's sarcoma: telangiectatic Kaposi's sarcoma, keloidal Kaposi's sarcoma and ecchymotic Kaposi’s sarcoma. In 1981 he first described...
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    skin lesions in AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma. Alitretinoin is not indicated when systemic therapy against Kaposi's sarcoma is required. It has received...
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    using flow cytometry on another member of the herpes virus family, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, indicates the possibility of an additional...
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    papillomavirus infection, Epstein–Barr virus, Human T-lymphotropic virus 1, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus and Merkel cell polyomavirus. Human immunodeficiency...
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  • the early 1980s; she co-authored the first article linking AIDS with Kaposi's sarcoma. Laubenstein was raised in Barrington, Rhode Island, where a childhood...
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    replicating separately from host cell DNA (Epstein–Barr virus and Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus). Other viruses are only carcinogenic when they...
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    herpesvirus 6/Roseolovirus Exanthema subitum Roseola vaccinia Cytomegalic inclusion disease Gamma. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus Kaposi's sarcoma...
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    pneumonia and Kaposi's sarcoma and alerted her supervisor about it. Those patients had HIV/AIDS; pneumocystis pneumonia and Kaposi's sarcoma were later found...
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    also have an increased risk of developing various cancers such as Kaposi's sarcoma, cervical cancer, and cancers of the immune system known as lymphomas...
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    used to treat cancer. This includes breast cancer, bladder cancer, Kaposi's sarcoma, lymphoma, and acute lymphocytic leukemia. It is often used together...
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    HIV: aphthous ulcers, HIV-associated wasting syndrome, diarrhea, and Kaposi's sarcoma, but increases in HIV viral load have been reported. Common side effects...
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    later-stage HIV infection, as are numerous other infectious pathologies. Kaposi's sarcoma, a virally-associated cancer, has higher incidence rates in HIV-positive...
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    who co-discovered together with her husband, Patrick S. Moore, the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) and Merkel cell polyomavirus, two of...
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    African-American Robert Rayford died at the St. Louis City Hospital from Kaposi's sarcoma. In 1987 researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine detected...
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    Roseola, and HHV-8 (also known as KSHV) which is responsible for causing Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus. HHV here stands for "Human Herpesvirus". In...
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    cancers, including Kaposi's sarcoma, Burkitt's lymphoma, primary central nervous system lymphoma, and cervical cancer. Kaposi's sarcoma is the most common...
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    transcription factors are used to recruit these co-repressor complexes. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is a part of the gammaherpesvirus subfamily...
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