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Multicentric Castleman's Disease Increases in HIV Patients Despite HAART Availability
Multicentric Castleman's Disease Increases in HIV Patients Despite HAART Availability
S Worcester
20080527
2008 Jun 27
Elsevier Global Medical News
Multicentric Castleman's Disease Increases in HIV Patients Despite HAART Availability
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2008 Jun 27, S Worcester
CHICAGO (EGMN) - Incidence of multicentric Castleman's disease is increasing among patients with human immunodeficiency virus, including those who have access to highly-active antiretroviral therapy, Mark Bower, Ph.D., reported in a poster at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.Also called angiofollicular or giant lymph node hyperplasia, multicentric Castleman's disease is an atypical lymphoproliferative disorder characterized by the growth of tumors in lymph node tissue....