Variation of Chest Radiographic Patterns in Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Degree of Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Related Immunosuppression
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David C. Perlman, Wafaa M. El-Sadr, Eileen T. Nelson, From the Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Medical Center, and the Division of Infectious Diseases, Harlem Hospital Center, New John P. Matts, Edward E. Telzak, Nadim Salomon, York, New York; CPCRA Statistical Center, Coordinating Centers for Keith Chirgwin, and Richard Hafner, for the Terry Biometric Research, Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Beirn Community Programs for Clinical Research on University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Bronx-Lebanon AIDS (CPCRA) and the AIDS Clinical Trials Group Hospital Center, Bronx, New York; Division of Infectious Diseases, (ACTG) SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, New York; and Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Washington, D. C.
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