Lack of usefulness of radiographic screening for pulmonary disease in asymptomatic HIV-infected adults

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-195

  Schneider, Roslyn F ^a   Hansen, Nellie I ^b   Rosen, Mark J ^a   Kvale, Paul A ^c   Fulkerson Jr , William J ^d   Goodman, Philip ^d   Meiselman, Lori ^a   Glassroth, Jeffrey ^e   Reichman, Lee B ^f   Wallace, Jeanne M ^g   Hopewell, Philip C ^h  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG COMPLICATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MASS CHEST X-RAY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 13344275157     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.2.191     Document Type: Article

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