CD8+ T Lymphocyte Counts as an Adjunctive Predictor of Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in Patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Internal Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 461-465

  Oka, Shinichi ^a   Nagata, Yoichi ^b   Fujino, Yujiro ^b   Yasuoka, Akira ^a   Ishihara, Miwa ^a   Ikeda, Kazuko ^a   Iwamoto, Aikichi ^c   Shimada, Kaoru ^d   Mochizuki, Manabu ^e   Kimura, Satoshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Senbai Hospital   (Japan)

^e KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CD4 counts; Cutoff point; Opportunistic infection

Indexed keywords

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REMISSION; RETINITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; COHORT STUDIES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031183420     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.36.461     Document Type: Article

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