Predictive value of cd4 lymphocyte numbers for the development of opportunistic infections and malignancies in hiv-infected persons

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 1991, Pages 770-776

  Crowe, Suzanne M ^a   Carlin, John B ^a   Stewart, Karen I ^a   Lucas, C Ronald ^a   Hoy, Jennifer F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

CD4 lymphocytes; Opportunistic infections

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ZIDOVUDINE;

EID: 0025813354     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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