Low serum vitamin B-12 concentrations are associated with faster human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) disease progression

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 345-351

  Tang, Alice M ^a,d   Graham, Neil M H ^a,b   Chandra, Ranjit K ^c   Saah, Alfred J ^a,b  

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

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

^c New Janeway Childrens Health and Rehabilitation Centre   (Canada)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; folate; HIV 1 infection; humans; vitamin B 12; vitamin B 6

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; PYRIDOXINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEALTH HAZARD; HELPER CELL; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRUS INFECTION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031052148     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.2.345     Document Type: Article

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