Early immune reconstitution after potent antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected children correlates with the increase in thymus volume

AIDS

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 251-261

  Vigano, Alessandra ^a,b   Vella, Stefano ^e   Saresella, Marina ^c   Vanzulli, Angelo ^d   Bricalli, Dorella ^a   Di Fabio, Simonetta ^e   Ferrante, Pasquale ^c   Andreotti, Mauro ^e   Pirillo, Maria ^e   Dally, Leonard G ^e   Clerici, Mario ^b   Principi, Nicola ^a  

^a Pediatric Department IV   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

AIDS; Antiretroviral therapy; Children; Immune reconstitution; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; DIDANOSINE; INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; STAVUDINE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TETANUS TOXOID; VIRUS RNA; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS FUNCTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DIDANOSINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV PROTEASE INHIBITORS; HUMANS; INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; ORGAN SIZE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS; STAVUDINE; THYMUS GLAND; VIRAL LOAD; ZIDOVUDINE;

EID: 0034096189     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200002180-00007     Document Type: Article

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