Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 23-36 , January 2007

Thoracic Infections in Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

  • Galit Aviram, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
    • ,
  • Joel E. Fishman, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Jackson Memorial Hospital and University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
    • ,
  • Phillip M. Boiselle, MD

      Affiliations

    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Phillip M. Boiselle, MD, Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215.

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Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 23-36 , January 2007

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