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Some HIV/AIDS Manifestations

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When cases of AIDS began to be reported in the early 1980s, in the most of the time cutaneous mucous manifestations presented profuse clinical forms, occurring typically in the immunocompetent individual. In fact, these more aggressive forms are most visible in immunosuppressed patients not only by HIV, but also by other causes (neoplasia, transplanted, frequent users of steroids, antineoplastic…).

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Passos, M.R.L. (2018). Some HIV/AIDS Manifestations. In: Passos, M. (eds) Atlas of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57470-7_10

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