No influence of GB virus C replication on the prognosis in a cohort of HIV-1-infected patients

AIDS

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 2482-2485

  Birk, Markus ^a   Lindbäck, Stefan ^a   Lidman, Christer ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFE TABLE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEROCONVERSION; VIREMIA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GB VIRUS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0037032930     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200212060-00017     Document Type: Article

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