The importance of comorbidity in HIV-infected patients over 55: A retrospective case-control study

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 605-611

  Skiest, Daniel J ^a   Rubinstien, Eytan ^b   Carley, Nina ^b   Gioiella, Laura ^b   Lyons, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030436099     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(96)00329-4     Document Type: Article

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