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| Morais,José Carlos; Machado,Marcel; Biasoli,Irene; Barroso,Paulo Feijó; Milito,Cristiane; Spector,Nelson. |
| After the advent of HAART, the clinical course of HIV infection has dramatically improved. Therefore, it seems appropriate to reevaluate the performance of bone marrow biopsy (BMB) as a diagnostic tool. The aim of the present study was to compare the reasons for performing a BMB and its diagnostic yield in HIV-patients before and after HAART. A total of 165 BMB specimens obtained from HIV-infected patients receiving care at the Hospital of Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro in two different periods (1986-1994 and 1999-2004) were analysed. The main reason for BMB examination in the first period was fever (88%), which decreased in the second period (57%, p < 0.0001), when cytopenia (51%) was the leading reason for BMB, whereas in the first period it... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Bone marrow biopsy; HIV; HAART. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000400019 |
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