Aids commentary pneumocystis carinii pneumonia: Diagnosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 1115-1119

  Hopewell, Philip C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMONIA; PROTOZOON; RADIOGRAPHY; SPUTUM SMEAR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HUMAN; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII;

EID: 0023879945     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/157.6.1115     Document Type: Article

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