HIV-1 DNA in brains in AIDS and pre-AIDS: Correlation with the stage of disease

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 611-617

  An, Shu F ^a   Giometto, Bruno ^b   Scaravilli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MENINGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIGENS, CD4; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; DNA, VIRAL; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0029859515     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410400411     Document Type: Article

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