[Digestive implications of human immunodeficiency virus infection]

Carmen Stefănescu; Cristina Cijevschi Prelipcean; Cătălina Mihai; V L Drug; V Luca

[Digestive implications of human immunodeficiency virus infection]

Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi. 2003 Apr-Jun;107(2):288-97.

[Article in Romanian]

Authors

Carmen Stefănescu¹, Cristina Cijevschi Prelipcean, Cătălina Mihai, V L Drug, V Luca

Affiliation

¹ Institutul de Gastroenterologie şi Hepatologie Iaşi, Facultatea de Medicină, Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr.T. Popa Iaşi.

PMID: 14755930

Abstract

AIDS, still present with severe prognosis at the beginning of the 3rd Millennium, may present gastrointestinal and hepatic involvement. Even they have not a fatal prognosis, in order to improve the quality of life of AIDS patients we need a broad knowledge of and to treat the gastrointestinal and hepatic manifestation of the disease.

Publication types

English Abstract
Review

MeSH terms

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / diagnosis
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / prevention & control
Candidiasis, Oral / diagnosis
Candidiasis, Oral / etiology
Candidiasis, Oral / prevention & control
Colitis / diagnosis
Colitis / etiology
Colitis / prevention & control
Diarrhea / diagnosis
Diarrhea / etiology
Diarrhea / prevention & control
Esophageal Diseases / etiology
Gastrointestinal Diseases / diagnosis
Gastrointestinal Diseases / etiology*
Gastrointestinal Diseases / prevention & control
Humans
Pancreatic Diseases / etiology
Quality of Life