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Estimating the proportion of patients infected with HIV who will die of comorbid diseases.

TitleEstimating the proportion of patients infected with HIV who will die of comorbid diseases.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2005
AuthorsBraithwaite, Scott R., Amy C. Justice, Chung-Chou H. Chang, Jennifer S. Fusco, Stephen R. Raffanti, John B. Wong, and Mark S. Roberts
JournalThe American journal of medicine
Volume118
Issue8
Pagination890-8
Date Published2005 Aug
ISSN0002-9343
KeywordsAdult, Age Factors, Aged, Anti-Retroviral Agents, CD4 Lymphocyte Count, Comorbidity, Computer Simulation, HIV Infections, Humans, Middle Aged, Models, Statistical, Monte Carlo Method, Survival Rate, Treatment Refusal, United States, Viral Load
AbstractEffective antiretroviral therapies have improved the prognosis for patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We aimed to estimate the likelihood that HIV-infected patients would die of comorbid disease.
DOI10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.12.034
Alternate JournalAm. J. Med.

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