Normalization of Antibody Responsiveness in a Patient with Common Variable Hypogammaglobulinemia and HIV Infection

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 317, Issue 24, 1987, Pages 1516-1520

  Wright, John J ^a,b   Birx, Deborah L ^a,b   Wagner, David K ^a,b   Waldmann, Thomas A ^a,b   Blaese, R Michael ^a,b   Fleisher, Thomas A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; CASE REPORT; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0023231364     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198712103172406     Document Type: Article

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