The association of serum lactate dehydrogenase level with selected opportunistic infections and HIV progression

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 178-181

  Butt, Adeel A ^a,c   Michaels, Stephanie ^b   Kissinger, Patricia ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; BLOOD; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYMOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036736201     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1201-9712(02)90107-4     Document Type: Article

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