Predictive markers of HIV-related weight loss and determination of differences between populations with weight loss stratified by opportunistic processes

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-193

  Zackin, Robert A ^a   Clark, Rebecca A ^b   Currier, Judith S ^c   Mildvan, Donna ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease progression; Opportunistic infections; Risk factors; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VIRUS LOAD; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032725414     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199910010-00012     Document Type: Article

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