Diagnosing HIV-related disease: Using the CD4 count as a guide

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-136

  Jung, Alan C ^a   Paauw, Douglas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

CD4 count; HIV related disease; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HELPER CELL; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SINUSITIS; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031952927     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00031.x     Document Type: Review

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