Characteristics of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-156

  Chen, Helen X ^a   Ryan, Patricia A ^b   Ferguson, Robert P ^a   Yataco, Albert ^c   Markowitz, Jan A ^b   Raksis, Karen ^c  

^a UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b AIDS Administration   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 0031952860     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb02531.x     Document Type: Article

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