Need for liver transplant in HIV-positive patients: First results of a specific survey in Italy, Project HOST

AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2119-2121

  Costigliola, Paolo ^a   Tumietto, Fabio ^a   Zagnoli, Alessandra ^a   Chiodo, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ITALY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; STRATIFICATION;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0142030008     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200309260-00014     Document Type: Article

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