1982

[INFECTIONS AND KAPOSI'S SARCOMA IN HOMOSEXUAL MEN]
Lakartidningen; 79(13):1225 1982. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/82615226
Iwarson S; Infektionskliniken, Ostra sjukhuset, Goteborg, Sweden
The recent considerable increase in the incidences of opportunistic infections and Kaposi s sarcomas among homosexual men in the United States of America and their possible causes are discussed. The factor common to both phenomena is a general immunosuppression which may be due to


Use of steroid creams as a possible cause of immunosuppression in homosexuals [letter]
N Engl J Med. 1982 Apr 15;306(15):935. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/82148487
Neumann HH
[Hepatitis B: sexual and vertical transmission]
Acta Gastroenterol Latinoam. 1981;11(2):321-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/82155874
Viola LA
Disseminated Kaposi's sarcoma in a homosexual man.
JAMA. 1982 Mar 26;247(12):1739-41. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/82145839
Johnson R; Horwitz SN; Frost P
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in a previously healthy adult.
JAMA. 1982 Apr 2;247(13):1860-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/82145862
Waldhorn RE; Tsou E; Kerwin DM
Lung disease in homosexual men.
Radiology. 1982 Apr;143(1):7-10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/82151878
Epstein DM; Gefter WB; Conard K; Kelley MA; Miller WT
Fatal pneumocystis pneumonia, cryptococcosis, and Kaposi sarcoma in a homosexual man.
AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1982 Mar;138(3):580-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/82156718
Godwin JD; Ravin CE; Roggli VL
Diseases associated with immunosuppression.
Environ Health Perspect. 1982 Feb;43:9-19. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/82138718
Heise ER
Impairment of any of the major components of the immune system (T-cells, B-cells phagocytes, complement) may result in clinical immunodeficiency. Immune defects can arise from intrinsic or heritable defects of lymphoid elements, failure of normal cellular differentiation, viral infection or other acquired causes. Clin


Opportunistic infections and Kaposi's sarcoma in homosexual men [letter]
N Engl J Med. 1982 Apr 15;306(15):932-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/82148486
Amyl nitrite may alter T lymphocytes in homosexual men.
Lancet. 1982 Feb 20;1(8269):412-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/82147336
Goedert JJ; Neuland CY; Wallen WC; Greene MH; Mann DL; Murray C; Strong DM; Fraumeni JF Jr; Blattner WA
To evaluate the recent outbreak of Kaposi s sarcoma (KS) and opportunistic infections in homosexual men, clinical, virological, and immunological data on two homosexual men with KS and on fifteen healthy homosexual volunteers were collected. Both KS patients had regularly used amyl or butyl nitrite (AN); they had low



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