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8
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology
Fibroblasts cultured from skin biopsies of patients with AIDS and Kapo
si's sarcoma were found to be more radiosensitive than fibroblasts fro
m non-HIV-infected-sources. This supports clinical observations of ove
rt sensitivity to radiotherapy in some AIDS patients with Kaposi's sar
coma.