Agreement between premortem and postmortem diagnoses in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome observed at a brazilian teaching hospital

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is one of the main causes of death in adults worldwide. More commonly than in the general population, in patients with AIDS there is substantial disagreement between causes of death which are clinically suspected and those established by postmortem examinati...

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Main Authors: Aércio Sebastião BORGES, Marcelo Simão FERREIRA, Sérgio de Andrade NISHIOKA, Marco Túlio Alvarenga SILVESTRE, Arnaldo Moreira SILVA, Ademir ROCHA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1997-07-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651997000400007