Massive gastrointestinal bleeding in a patient with AIDS

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 76-77

  Mathew, Aji T ^a   Zacharias, P ^a   Ponnambathayil, S ^a   Kumar, A ^a   Madhavan, L ^a   Harris, M ^a   Ramakrishnan, K G ^a   Bhagyanathan, P V ^a  

^a MALABAR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; GANCICLOVIR; LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; STAVUDINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE RESECTION; JEJUNUM ULCER; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; JEJUNAL DISEASES;

EID: 20744460215     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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