Socio-demographic and clinical features of HIV-positive outpatients at a clinic in south-west Nigeria

African Journal of AIDS Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-145

  Ojini, Frank I ^a   Coker, Adenike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Africa; Clinical features; HIV related diseases; Patients; Socio demographic data; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; OUTPATIENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SKIN DEFECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 34648823407     PISSN: 16085906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/16085900709490408     Document Type: Article

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