Evaluation of stool frequency and stool form as measures of HIV-related diarrhea

HIV Clinical Trials

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 421-428

  Tinmouth, Jill ^a,b,c   Tomlinson, George ^c,d   Kandel, Gabor ^c,e   Walmsley, Sharon ^c,d   Steinhart, A Hillary ^c,d   Glazier, Richard ^c,e,f  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; HIV; Measurement; Mixed models

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRISTOL STOOL FORM SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 37349012142     PISSN: 15284336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/hct0806-421     Document Type: Article

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