Gender differences in AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcoma in Harare, Zimbabwe

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 306-308

  Meditz, Amie L ^a   Borok, Margaret ^b   MaWhinney, Samantha ^a   Gudza, Ivy ^b   Ndemera, Buxton ^b   Gwanzura, Lovemore ^b   Campbell, Thomas B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV; Human herpesvirus type 8; Kaposi sarcoma; Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHORESIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER IDENTITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SWEATING; WEIGHT LOSS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 33847270653     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31802c83d9     Document Type: Article

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