Racial differences in rate of CD4 decline in HIV-1-infected homosexual men

AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1147-1155

  Easterbrook, Philippa J ^a,d   Farzadegan, Homayoon ^a   Hoover, Donald R ^a   Palenicek, John ^a   Chmiel, Joan S ^b   Kaslow, Richard A ^c   Saah, Alfred J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black race; CD4 lymphocyte count; HIV 1 p24 antigen; Immune complex dissociation; Racial minorities

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BALTIMORE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV ANTIGENS; HIV CORE PROTEIN P24; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029788376     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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