Considering AIDS in the elderly
Finestone, A.J.
Pennsylvania Medicine 96(7): 26-27
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0031-4595 PMID: 8414596 Document Number: 407587
While physicians have been inundated with information about AIDS, they may overlook the possibility of the disease in the elderly, where occurrence is not common. But, as the author points out in the following case study, elderly patients can have the same risk factors for AIDS as younger patients.
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