Prevalence of HIV infection in a cohort of patients with congenital coagulation defects of the prothrombin complex factors

Prevalence of Bleeding as Cause of Death in HIV-Seropositive Patients with Congenital Clotting Disorders

“…6) died from the appearance of disseminated infec tions without bleeding, but in 1982 (when HIV antibody testing was not available to us), he sustained a large in tracranial haemorrhage. We cannot exclude that he was already HIV-infected and that this haemorrhagic episode was the first manifestation of it [5]. One additional subject (case No.…”

“…Four patients were receiving azidothymidine treatment (cases Nos. 3,5,7,8), but the other died before azidothymidine therapy became available. None were receiving platelet-inhibito ry drugs [6].…”