Digital clubbing in HIV-infected patients: An observational study

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-22

  Dever, Lisa L ^a,b   Matta, Jyoti S ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c JERSEY CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLUBBING FINGERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL PHALANX; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CYTOKINES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; OSTEOARTHROPATHY, SECONDARY HYPERTROPHIC; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; VETERANS;

EID: 59349083544     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2008.0102     Document Type: Article

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