Predictors of mortality among patients enrolled on antiretroviral therapy in Aksum hospital, Northern Ethiopia: A retrospective cohort study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tadesse, Kidane ^a   Haile, Fisaha ^a   Hiruy, Neway ^a  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT MONITORING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84900312970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087392     Document Type: Article

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