Seropositivity for HIV and the development of AIDS or AIDS related condition: Three year follow up of the San Francisco General Hospital cohort

British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.)

Volumn 296, Issue 6624, 1988, Pages 745-750

  Moss, Andrew R ^a   Bacchetti, Peter ^a   Osmond, Dennis ^a   Krampf, Walter ^a   Chaisson, Richard E ^a   Stites, Daniel ^a   Wilber, Judith ^b   Allain, Jean Pierre ^c   Carlson, James ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AMERICAS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ESTIMATION TECHNICS; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; HIV INFECTIONS; INCIDENCE; MEASUREMENT; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION AT RISK; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VIRAL DISEASES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED COMPLEX; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV; HIV ANTIGENS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; SAN FRANCISCO; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0023865054     PISSN: 02670623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.296.6624.745     Document Type: Article

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