Patterns of skin manifestations and their relationships with CD4 counts among HIV/AIDS patients in Cameroon

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 280-284

  Mbuagbaw, Josephine ^a,b   Eyong, Issac ^a,b   Alemnji, George ^a,b   Mpoudi, Ngole ^a,b   Same Ekobo, Albert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b Military Hospital   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PARASITOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRURIGO; SCABIES; SEX RATIO; SKIN DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THRUSH; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VIRUS LOAD;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIGENS, CD4; CAMEROON; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN DISEASES; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 33644745206     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02529.x     Document Type: Article

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