Is there a general tendency for CD4 lymphocyte decline to speed up during human immunodeficiency virus infection? Evidence from the Italian Seroconversion Study

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 775-780

  Lepri, Alessandro Cozzi ^a   Sabin, Caroline A ^b   Pezzotti, Patrizio ^b   England, Peter D ^b   Phillips, Andrew N ^b   Rezza, Giovanni ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ITALY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030934439     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513970     Document Type: Article

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