Kaposi's sarcoma in HIV-infected women and men in Nigeria

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 635-637

  Ibekwe, P U ^a   Ogunbiyi, O A ^a   Ogun, G O ^a   George, O A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 80055025810     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2011.0122     Document Type: Article

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