Anal cancer precursor lesions in HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients seen at a tertiary health institution in Brazil Lesões precursoras do câncer anal em pacientes HIV-positivos e HIV-negativos atendidos numa instituição de saúde terciária no Brasil

Purpose: To investigate the prevalence of anal squamous intraepithelial lesions (ASIL) or anal cancer in patients attended at the Tropical Medicine Foundation of Amazonas. Methods: 344 patients consecutively attended at the institution, in 2007/2008, were distributed in the following strata accordin...

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Main Authors: Ivan Tramujas da Costa e Silva, José de Ribamar Araújo, Rosilene Viana de Andrade, Celso Rômulo Barbosa Cabral, Felicidad Santos Gimenez, Adriana Gonçalves Daumas Pinheiro Guimarães, Ticiane Costa Martins, Lucília Rocha Lopes, Luiz Carlos de Lima Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2011-02-01
Series:Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-86502011000100012