Vitamin A deficiency and the acute phase response among HIV-1-infected and -uninfected women in Kenya

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 243-249

  Baeten, Jared M ^a   McClelland, R Scott ^a   Richardson, Barbra A ^a   Bankson, Daniel D ^a   Lavreys, Ludo ^a   Wener, Mark H ^a   Overbaugh, Julie ^b   Mandaliya, Kishorchandra ^c   Ndinya Achola, Jeckoniah O ^d   Bwayo, Job J ^d   Kreiss, Joan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Acute phase response; C reactive protein; HIV 1; Nutrition; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; PLACEBO; RETINOL PALMITATE; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SEROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0036799844     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200210010-00016     Document Type: Article

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