HIV/AIDS in older adults: A case report and literature review

Geriatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 26-30

  Inelmen, Emine Meral ^a   Gasparini, Giulia ^a   Enzi, Giullano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AIDS Infection; Olderly; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

GLIBENCLAMIDE; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PHENFORMIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGED; ASTHENIA; ATONIC SEIZURE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; CONDOM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DROP ATTACK; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW UP; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MORTALITY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SAFE SEX; SEXUALITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24944539628     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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