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A 42-year-old, unmarried, white male, native to New York, was admitted to the hospital complaining of severe intermittent headache of 4 weeks duration, stiff neck, dizziness, and intermittent lethargy. He reported an approximate 30lb weight loss over the previous year associated with almost constant diarrhea.
Reviewed by Dr. R. Klein, Associate Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York.
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Frost, E.A.M. (1988). The Patient with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. In: Frost, E.A.M. (eds) Preanesthetic Assessment 1. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4818-7_18
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