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[Lymph node and cutaneous biopsies in AIDS treatment]
1Divisione di Chirurgia Plastica, Ospedale Maria Vittoria, Torino.
Annali Dell'Ospedale Maria Vittoria Di Torino
|January 1, 1989
In AIDS lymph node biopsy is important both for grading and for differential diagnosis. Skin biopsy is used for identifying Kaposi's sarcoma, which is present in about a third of AIDS cases. Authors have performed 69 biopsies in local anaesthesia taking the necessary precautions as for HBsAg-positive subjects.
In AIDS lymph node biopsy is important both for grading and for differential diagnosis. Skin biopsy is used for identifying Kaposi's sarcoma, which is present in about a third of AIDS cases. Authors have performed 69 biopsies in local anaesthesia taking the necessary precautions as for HBsAg-positive subjects.