Effects of age at seroconversion and baseline HIV RNA level on the loss of CD4+ cells among persons with hemophilia

AIDS

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1691-1697

  Touloumi, Giota ^a   Hatzakis, Angelos ^a   Rosenberg, Philip S ^b   O'Brien, Thomas R ^b   Goedert, James J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; CD4 cell counts; Hemophilia; HIV RNA; Longitudinal studies; PCR; Statistical linear models

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOPHILIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROCONVERSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HEMOPHILIA A; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0032505089     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199813000-00018     Document Type: Article

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