Is acute appendicitis another inflammatory condition associated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)?

HIV Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 252-255

  Aldeen, T ^a   Morgan, M ^b   Macallan, D C ^c   Thomas, V ^a   Hay, P ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

^c Department of Infectious Diseases ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; HAART; IRIS

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; APPENDICITIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE;

EID: 0034304967     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1293.2000.00037.x     Document Type: Article

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