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Rectal Ulceration as an Atypical Initial Gastrointestinal Manifestation of Advanced HIV Infection: A Case Report

Timmer Verhaegh1, Anais Panossian2, Anna N Skay3

  • 1Internal Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, USA.

Cureus
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PubMed

Keywords:
advanced hivgastrointestinal manifestationshivrectal ulcerviral load

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