Acquired immunodeficiency in homosexual men
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The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in a cohort of homosexual men. A six-year follow-up study.
A cohort of 6875 homosexual men, initially seen at the San Francisco City Clinic between 1978 and 1980, were studied to determine the incidence and prevalence of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, related conditions, and infection with the human T-lymphotropic virus, type III/lymphadenopathy-associated virus (HTLV-III/LAV). By December 1984, 2.4% of the men had the syndrome; mortality attr...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Roentgenology
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0361-803X,1546-3141
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.139.4.832