T-cell telomere length maintained in HTV-infected long-term survivors

HIV Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 116-122

  Tucker, V ^a,d   Jenkins, J ^b   Gilmour, J ^c   Savoie, H ^d   Easterbrook, P ^a   Gotch, F ^a,b   Browning, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HIV; T cells; Telomerase; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT; PROGNOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TELOMERE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV LONG-TERM SURVIVORS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROGNOSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TELOMERE;

EID: 0034158195     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1293.2000.00010.x     Document Type: Article

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