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

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 611-616

  Semba, Richard D ^a   Lyles, Cynthia M ^a   Margolick, Joseph B ^a   Caiaffa, Waleska T ^a   Farzadegan, Homayoon ^a   Cohn, Sylvia ^a   Vlahov, David ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; PLACEBO; RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 0031911588     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514235     Document Type: Article

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