Vitamin A levels and human immunodeficiency virus load in injection drug users

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-95

  Semba, Richard D ^a,c   Farzadegan, Homayoon ^b   Vlahov, David ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c Ocular Immunology Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031041667     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.4.1.93-95.1997     Document Type: Article

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