The prevalence of HIV among patients admitted with stroke at the Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Tanzania Journal of Health Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Mlay, M ^a   Bakari, M ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

HIV; Hospital; Prevalence; Stroke; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EFAVIRENZ; GLUCOSE; LAMIVUDINE PLUS NEVIRAPINE PLUS STAVUDINE; LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LENGTH OF STAY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79955650643     PISSN: 18216404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/thrb.v12i2.56397     Document Type: Article

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