The relative value of CD4 cell count and quantitative HIV-1 RNA in predicting survival in HIV-1-infected women: Results of the women's interagency HIV study

AIDS

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1717-1726

  Anastos, Kathryn ^a,l   Kalish, Leslie A ^b   Hessol, Nancy ^c   Weiser, Barbara ^d   Melnick, Sandra ^m   Burns, David ^e   Delapenha, Robert ^f   DeHovitz, Jack ^g   Cohen, Mardge ^h   Meyer, William ⁱ   Bremer, James ^j   Kovacs, Andrea ^k  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^f HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

ⁱ QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^m NONE

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Author keywords

CD4 cell count; HIV; HIV 1 RNA; Survival; Women

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033375084     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199909100-00016     Document Type: Article

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