Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 9 , Pages 654-656 , September 2010

Classic Kaposi’s sarcoma in Han Chinese and useful tools for differential diagnosis

  • Xin Wang

      Affiliations

    • The Ninth People’s Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, PR China
    • The Third People’s Hospital of Wuxi, Jiangsu, PR China
    • ,
  • Xing Wang

      Affiliations

    • The First Affiliated Hospital, Xinjiang Medical University, PR China
    • ,
  • Deguang Liang

      Affiliations

    • Institute Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, PR China
    • ,
  • Ke Lan

      Affiliations

    • Institute Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, PR China
    • ,
  • Wei Guo

      Affiliations

    • The Ninth People’s Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: The Ninth Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 639 Zhi Zao Ju Road, Shanghai, PR China. Tel.: +86 21 50398070; mobile: +86 13901685814.
    • ,
  • Guoxin Ren

      Affiliations

    • The Ninth People’s Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: The Ninth Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 639 Zhi Zao Ju Road, Shanghai, PR China. Tel.: +86 21 50398070.

Received 3 April 2010 ,Revised 4 June 2010 ,Accepted 5 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.06.003

Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 9 , Pages 654-656 , September 2010

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