High prevalence of thymic tissue in adults with human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2301-2308

  McCune, Joseph M ^a   Loftus, Rick ^a   Schmidt, Diane K ^a   Carroll, Pamela ^a   Webster, Devon ^a   Swor Yim, Lisa B ^a   Francis, Isaac R ^b   Gross, Barry H ^b   Grant, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; HIV disease; Immune reconstitution; Naive T cell; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INVOLUTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS FUNCTION;

EID: 0032104145     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI2834     Document Type: Article

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