Quantitation of HIV-1 RNA in plasma predicts outcome after seroconversion

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 573-579

  Mellors, John W ^a,b   Kingsley, Lawrence A ^b   Rinaldo Jr , Charles R ^b   Todd, John A ^c   Hoo, Brad S ^c   Kokka, Robert P ^c   Gupta, Phalguni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; NEOPTERIN; VIRUS RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEROCONVERSION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0028909872     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-122-8-199504150-00003     Document Type: Article

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