Prevalence of undiagnosed HIV infection in patients with ocular surface squamous neoplasia in a tertiary center in Karnataka, South India

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1282-1284

  Pradeep, Thanuja G ^a   Gangasagara, Suresh Babu ^a   Subbaramaiah, Guruprasad B ^a   Suresh, Mala B ^a   Gangashettappa, Nagaraju ^a   Durgappa, Raviprakash ^a  

^a Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute ^*  (India)

Author keywords

conjunctival tumor; HIV; OSSN

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MALE; OCULAR SURFACE SQUAMOUS NEOPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867345112     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3182479aed     Document Type: Article

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