Establishing the significance of a pre-operative day absolute CD4 count in patients booked for elective brain tumor surgery – A prospective cohort study from a single neurosurgical center in South Africa
Introduction: Unlike the situation in many 1st World-countries, new HIV infections in South Africa continue to rise. While mandatory HIV testing is unethical, a pre-operative absolute CD4 count can be performed in patient’s pre-elective brain tumour surgery. Materials and methods: This was a prospec...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-03-01
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| Series: | Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751920304473 |