Detection and significance of splenomegaly on chest radiographs of HIV-infected outpatients

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-37

  Zambetti, Eileen F ^a   Haramati, Linda B ^a   Jenny Avital, Elizabeth R ^a   Borczuk, Alain C ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS); Size; Spleen

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOSIS; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENOMEGALY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032939842     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(99)91237-0     Document Type: Article

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