Testing for HIV: Concise guidance

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 471-476

  Palfreeman, Adrian ^a   Fisher, Martin ^b   Ong, Ed ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Worthing Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical indicator diseases; HIV guidelines; HIV testing; Pre test discussion

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL INDICATOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STAFF TRAINING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 72849120328     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.9-5-471     Document Type: Review

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