Association between HIV/AIDS and malignancies in a Nigerian tertiary institution

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-155

  Ocheni, S ^a   Aken'Ova, Y A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Association; Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV); Malignancies; Nigeria; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CHILD; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NIGERIA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 4043152190     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wajm.v23i2.28109     Document Type: Article

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