Retention in care and health outcomes of transgender persons living with HIV

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 774-776

  Yehia, Baligh R ^a,b   Fleishman, John A ^c   Moore, Richard D ^d   Gebo, Kelly A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TRANSGENDERISM; UNITED STATES; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881436322     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit363     Document Type: Letter

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