Amebiasis in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 563-564

  Amano, Koichi ^a   Takeuchi, Tsutomu ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

colitis; HIV; homosexual; liver abscess

Indexed keywords

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; AMEBIASIS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; JAPAN; MALE; NOTE; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; AMEBIASIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; JAPAN; MALE; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035407721     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.563     Document Type: Article

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