loading...| Preferred Name |
Kaposi's sarcoma |
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| Synonyms |
HHV 8 |
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| Definitions |
multicentric, malignant neoplastic vascular proliferation characterized by the development of bluish-red cutaneous nodules, usually on the lower extremities, most often on the toes or feet, and slowly increasing in size and number and spreading to more proximal areas; occurs spontaneously in Jewish and Italian males; aggressive variant in young children is endemic in some areas of Africa; a third form occurs in about 0.04% of kidney transplant patients; there is also a high incidence in AIDS patients; human herpesvirus 8 is the suspected cause. |
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| ID |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/2007-1936 |
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| altLabel |
HHV 8 HHV8 |
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| cui |
C0036220 |
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| definition |
multicentric, malignant neoplastic vascular proliferation characterized by the development of bluish-red cutaneous nodules, usually on the lower extremities, most often on the toes or feet, and slowly increasing in size and number and spreading to more proximal areas; occurs spontaneously in Jewish and Italian males; aggressive variant in young children is endemic in some areas of Africa; a third form occurs in about 0.04% of kidney transplant patients; there is also a high incidence in AIDS patients; human herpesvirus 8 is the suspected cause. |
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| DID |
2007-1936 |
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| Inverse of RB |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/2007-0683 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/2000-8986 |
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| Inverse of RO | ||
| notation |
2007-1936 |
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| prefLabel |
Kaposi's sarcoma |
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| tui |
T191 |
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| subClassOf |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/2007-0683 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/2000-8986 |