Human immunodeficiency virus-related abdominal pain in South Africa. Aetiology, diagnosis, and survival

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 212-217

  O'Keefe, E A ^a   Wood, R ^b   Van Zyl, A ^b   Cariem, A K ^b  

^a NEW SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Abdominal ultrasound; Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Africa; Atypical mycobacterial infection; Cryptosporidiosis; Cytomegalovirus; Human immunodeficiency virus; Survival; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031885062     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365529850166978     Document Type: Article

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