Clinical presentations of newly diagnosed HIV-infected patients at a university hospital in Bangkok, Thailand

Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 82-87

  Kiertiburanakul, Sasisopin ^a   Boonyarattaphun, Kochamarj ^a   Atamasirikul, Kalayanee ^a   Sungkanuparph, Somnuek ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

AIDS; epidemiology; HIV; HIV testing; Thailand

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICS; THAILAND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59049084157     PISSN: 15451097     EISSN: 15570886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545109708315485     Document Type: Article

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