CD4 cell counts as a prognostic factor of major abdominal surgery in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 626-631

  Albaran, Renato G ^a   Webber, John ^a   Steffes, Christopher P ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0031799157     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.133.6.626     Document Type: Article

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