Conservation of total T-cell counts during HIV infection: Alternative hypotheses and implications

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 450-457

  Grossman, Zvi ^a   Herberman, Ronald B ^b   Vatnik, Nurit ^a   Intrator, Nathan ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphocyte depletion; Lymphocyte redistribution; T cell homeostasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HELPER CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOTHESIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0032522090     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199804150-00010     Document Type: Article

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