Ocular surface squamous neoplasia as the first apparent manifestation of HIV infection in Malawi

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 422-425

  Spitzer, Martin S ^a,b   Batumba, Nkume H ^a   Chirambo, Tamara ^a   Bartz schmidt, Karl U ^b   Kayange, Petros ^a   Kalua, Khumbo ^a   Szurman, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma; Conjunctiva; HIV; Ocularsurface squamous neoplasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CONJUNCTIVA SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; EYE CANCER; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCULAR SURFACE SQUAMOUS NEOPLASIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 50849093517     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2008.01794.x     Document Type: Article

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