Incidence of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related kaposi's sarcoma in the Aquitaine Cohort, France, 1988-1996

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1078-1082

  Dupon, Michel ^a   Marimoutou, Catherine ^a,b   Cazorla, Céline ^a   Binquet, Christine ^b   Chêne, Geneviève ^b   Pellegrin, Jean Luc ^a   Dutronc, Hervé ^a   Nouts, Caroline ^a   Dabis, François ^b  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cohort; HIV infection; Incidence; Kaposi's sarcoma; Secular trends

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 0032430725     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.6.1078     Document Type: Article

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