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Renal angiomyolipomatosis and Kaposi’s sarcoma: a possible link disrupted by sirolimus

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  1. Division of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Viale Luigi Pinto, 1, 71100, Foggia, Italy

    Giovanni Stallone, Barbara Infante, Luciano Tartaglia, Francesca Bruno & Giuseppe Grandaliano

  2. Division of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy

    Loreto Gesualdo

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Stallone, G., Infante, B., Tartaglia, L. et al. Renal angiomyolipomatosis and Kaposi’s sarcoma: a possible link disrupted by sirolimus. Intern Emerg Med 7 (Suppl 2), 127–129 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-012-0833-6

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