Facial and perioral molluscum contagiosum as a manifestation of HIV infection

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-52

  Kolokotronis, Alexander ^b   Antoniades, Demetrios ^c   Katsoulidis, Emmanouil ^c   Kioses, Vasilios ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c NONE

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV infection; Molluscum contagiosum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; MOUTH DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; SURVIVAL RATE; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BISEXUALITY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; MOUTH DISEASES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034150653     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2000.tb00242.x     Document Type: Article

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