HIV infection in older people

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7709, 2009, Pages 1455-

  Gebo, Kelly A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDITORIAL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROPATHY; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650082434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b1460     Document Type: Editorial

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