Immunological and virological changes in antiretroviral naive human immunodeficiency virus infected patients randomized to G-CSF or placebo simultaneously with initiation of HAART

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 520-525

  Aladdin, Hassan ^a,b   Ullum, H ^a   Katzenstein, T ^a   Gerstoft, J ^a   SkinhOj P ^a   Klarlund Pedersen, B ^a  

^a Illinois   (Denmark)

^b M7641   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEMORY CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0034013479     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.2000.00718.x     Document Type: Article

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