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Hemoglobin May Contribute to Sex Differences in Mortality among HIV-Infected Persons in Care

BACKGROUND: Some retrospective studies have found that HIV-infected women have a higher mortality risk than men after adjusting for baseline characteristics, while others have not. Anemia is a known predictor of HIV-related mortality. We assessed whether anemia contributed to the sex difference in m...

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Autores principales: Melekhin, Vlada V., Shepherd, Bryan E., Stinnette, Samuel E., Rebeiro, Peter F., Turner, Megan M., Sterling, Timothy R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3441736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23028732
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044999