Survival and treatment of AIDS patients 1984-1993: Experience of a smaller east London HIV centre

Genitourinary Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 44-48

  Hillman, R J ^a   Beck, E J ^b   Mandalia, S ^c   Satterthwaite, H ^d   Rogers, P A ^a   Forster, G E ^b   Goh, B T ^c  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIDS; London; Survival; Treatment

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE; PYRIMETHAMINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031053366     PISSN: 02664348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.73.1.44     Document Type: Article

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