Clinical Characteristics and Natural History of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Patients Seen at a General Hospital in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 566-574

  Tan, B H ^a   Wong, G C ^a   Lam, M S ^b   Ang, B S P ^b   Wong, S Y ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

AIDS; Opportunistic infections; Survival; Tertiary care

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGAPORE;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIGENS, CD4; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0031217225     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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