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DIAGNOSES IN 68 PATIENTS WITH PERICARDIAL DISEASE Diagnosis HIV positive HIV negative Pericardial effusion 20 (47.6%) 13 (50%)
Constrictive pericarditis 12 (28.6%) 7 (26.9%) Effusive
constrictive pericarditis 6 (14.3%) 2 (7.7%) Pericarditis 4 (9.5%) 4 (15.4%) Total 42 26 TABLE II.
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