Lymphomas diagnosed in Uganda during the HIV/AIDS pandemic

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 226-232

  Kalungi, S ^a,b   Wabinga, H ^b   Molven, A ^a,c   Bostad, L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; TIME; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949365772     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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