Prevalence of HIV with conjunctival squamous cell neoplasia in an African provincial hospital

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-4

  Porges, Yair ^a,b,d,e   Groisman, Gabriel M ^c,d  

^a LANIADO HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b Bindura Provincial Hospital   (Zimbabwe)

^c HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^e NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carcinoma in situ; Conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma; Human immunodeficiency virus; Kaposi sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPLASIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0037226137     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200301000-00001     Document Type: Article

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