Biopsy pathology of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
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Biopsy pathology of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
Between January 1982 and May 1986 279 biopsy specimens from 82 patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) were examined. A wide variety of infectious conditions were diagnosed, the commonest being Pneumocystis pneumonia (n = 36), cytomegalovirus (n = 21), a variety of fungi (n = 8), mycobacteria (n = 7). Kaposi's sarcoma was the commonest tumour (n = 40), and there were two cases ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.40.1.1