Post-mortem histological pulmonary analysis in patients with HIV/AIDS

OBJECTIVES: Certain aspects of pulmonary pathology observed in autopsies of HIV/AIDS patients are still unknown. This study considers 250 autopsies of HIV/AIDS patients who died of acute respiratory failure and describes the demographic data, etiology, and histological pulmonary findings of the vari...

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Main Authors: Alexandre de Matos Soeiro, André L.D. Hovnanian, Edwin Roger Parra, Mauro Canzian, Vera Luiza Capelozzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2008-01-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322008000400014