Risk of Kaposi's sarcoma and of other cancers in Italian renal transplant patients.

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Published in Br J Cancer on February 14, 2005

Authors

D Serraino1, P Piselli, C Angeletti, E Minetti, A Pozzetto, G Civati, S Bellelli, F Farchi, F Citterio, G Rezza, S Franceschi, G Busnach

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1: 1Dip. Epidemiologia, INMI L Spallanzani, Via Portunese 292, 00149, Rome, Italy.

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