Is age a negative prognostic indicator in HIV infection or AIDS?

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-38

  Keller, M J ^a,b   Hausdorff, J M ^a   Kyne, L ^a   Wei, J Y ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Elderly; HIV; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DELIRIUM; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII;

EID: 0032959020     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03399634     Document Type: Article

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