AIDS pattern

AIDS pattern

Epidemiology A demographic pattern of those who have a greater risk of becoming infected with HIV.
Haematopathology A constellation of pathologic findings in AIDS bone marrows: hypercellularity, increased reticulin fibers and lymphocytes, and eosinophilic and megakaryocytic hyperplasia.

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AIDS pattern

Epidemiology A demographic pattern of those who have a greater risk of becoming infected with HIV Hematopathology A constellation of pathologic findings in AIDS BMs, which includes hypercellularity, ↑ reticulin fibers and lymphocytes and eosinophilic and megakaryocytic hyperplasia. See Bone marrow biopsy.

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