Malabsorption and wasting in AIDS patients with microsporidia and pathogen-negative diarrhea

AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 739-744

  Lambl, Barbara B ^a,b   Federman, Micheline ^a,b   Pleskow, Douglas ^b   Wanke, Christine A ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Diarrhea; Fat malabsorption; Malnutrition; Microsporidia; Pathogen negative diarrhea

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FECES LIPID; NITROGEN; UREA; XYLOSE; ZINC;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALABSORPTION; MALE; MICROSPORA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHILLING TEST; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029984779     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199606001-00007     Document Type: Article

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