Antibodies against retroviral proteins and nuclear antigens in a subset of idiopathic CD4+ T lymphocytopenia patients

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 931-940

  Garry, Robert F ^a   Fermin, César D ^a   Kohler, Peter F ^a   Markert, M Louise ^b   Luo, Hong ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CD4 ANTIGEN; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VIRUS PARTICLE;

EID: 0029957002     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.1996.12.931     Document Type: Article

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