Predicting progression to AIDS: An evaluation of two approaches

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 622-624

  Rabeneck, Linda ^a   Hartigan, Pamela M ^b   Huang, Iris W ^b   Souchek, Julianne ^b   Wray, Nelda P ^b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

AIDS; CD4 count; HIV Clinical staging systems; human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); predicting HIV outcomes

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0029806760     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02599030     Document Type: Article

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