Kaposi's sarcoma in a two week old infant born to a mother with Kaposi's sarcoma/AIDS.

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  • K A McCarty
  • Z Bungu
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Malignant solid tumours in Nigerian children.......... The diagnosis and management of gall bladder in private patients in Harare.............................................. CASE REPORTS A case of dual chloroquine and halofantrine treatment failure in Z im babw e..................................... Kaposi’s sarcoma in a two-week-old infant born to a mother with Kaposi’s sarcoma/AIDS......................... A simple decannulating method for suprapubic trocar and cannula without a side s l i t .................................... LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The effects of sickle cell disease on the families of affected children ........................................................... NOTES AND NEWS Important notice to all readers: Polio eradication initiative.......................................................................... ERRATUM Impact of primary health care on child morbidity and mortality in rural Ghana: the Gomoa experience . . . . JG Hakim, MG Odwee, S Siziya, I Ternouth, JA M aten g a .................................................................. 303 MR Aziz, WBC W an d w i............................................ 308 SM Khedun, T Naicker, B M aharaj............................ 312

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Central African journal of medicine

دوره 41 10  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1995