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Procedures in Hepatogastroenterology

Part of the book series: Developments in Gastroenterology ((DIGA,volume 15))

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Abstract

Mucosal involvement of the gut by viral, bacterial, fungal and protozoal pathogens, as well as by malignant tumors, is common in AIDS. The gastrointestinal tract can be involved in three different ways1.2:

  1. 1.

    opportunistic tumors: Kaposi’s sarcoma, B-cell lymphoma, squamous carcinoma (tongue, anus);

  2. 2.

    opportunistic infections;

  3. 3.

    direct HIV effects.

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  1. J. F. W. M. Bartelsman
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  1. GE, AMC, Netherlands

    Guido N. J. Tytgat

  2. GE, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, Netherlands

    Chris J. J. Mulder

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Bartelsman, J.F.W.M. (1997). AIDS. In: Tytgat, G.N.J., Mulder, C.J.J. (eds) Procedures in Hepatogastroenterology. Developments in Gastroenterology, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5702-5_33

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