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(Contemporary Issues in Nephrology. Vol. 29.) Edited by Paul L. Kimmel and Jeffrey S. Berns. 427 pp. New York, Churchill Livingstone, 1995. $79.95. ISBN 0-443-08952-3.

The worldwide scourge of HIV infection and AIDS has had a profound and indelible effect on the practice of medicine. With an estimated 18 million people infected already and with a prolonged latency period between initial infection and chronic sequelae, the disorder will be with us for a long time to come even if current efforts to develop effective preventive strategies are successful. Partial control of previously lethal opportunistic infections and better agents for limiting viral replication have extended life, but these advances have been accompanied by an increase in chronic, degenerative, and organ-specific manifestations of HIV infection. This monograph, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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