Comprehensive Psychiatry
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Outcomes associated with delirium in acutely hospitalized acquired immune deficiency syndrome patients

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☆ Supported by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration for Special Projects of National Significance (BRU 900126-02).

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Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 41, Issue 2 , Pages 88-91 , March 2000

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