PREVENTION OF PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII PNEUMONIA RELAPSE BY PENTAMIDINE AEROSOL IN ZIDOVUDINE-TREATED AIDS PATIENTS
✍ Scribed by Girard, Pierre-Marie; Gaudebout, Claude; Lottin, Philippe; Truchis, PierreDe; Camus, Françoise; Marche, Claudie; Landman, Roland; Lepretre, Annie; Michon, Christophe; Matheron, Sophie; Farinotti, Robert; Coulaud, Jean-Pierre; Saimot, AdrienGérard
- Book ID
- 122494285
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 860 KB
- Volume
- 333
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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