Prognosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Rosen, M.J.; Tow, T.W.; Chuang, M.T.; Teirstein, A.S.
Annals of Internal Medicine 101(2): 276
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-4819 PMID: 6611099 Document Number: 233422
Evidence is presented to suggest that an indicator of a favourable prognosis in AIDS patients with P. carinii pneumonia is a normal chest roentgenogram at time of diagnosis.
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