Progression to AIDS and predictors of AIDS in seroprevalent and seroincident cohorts of homosexual men.

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Published in AIDS on June 01, 1989

Authors

M T Schechter1, K J Craib, T N Le, B Willoughby, B Douglas, P Sestak, J S Montaner, M S Weaver, K D Elmslie, M V O'Shaughnessy

Author Affiliations

1: Vancouver Lymphadenopathy--AIDS Study Group, St. Paul's Hospital, Canada.

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