A prospective study of endoscopy in HIV-associated diarrhea

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 596-602

  Kearney, David J ^b   Steuerwald, Michael ^a   Koch, Johannes ^c   Cello, John P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLON BIOPSY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BIOPSY; COLON; DIARRHEA; DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HIV ENTEROPATHY; HUMANS; ILEUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033017014     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(98)00801-6     Document Type: Article

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