Role of IL-15 in HIV-1-associated hypergammaglobulinaemia

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-18

  Kacani, L ^a,b   Stoiber, H ^a   Dierich, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

HIV 1; Hypergammaglobulinaemia; IL 15; Serum IgG; Serum IgM

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 15;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030977725     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1997.d01-972.x     Document Type: Article

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