Astrocyte activation and apoptosis: Their roles in the neuropathology of HIV infection

Brain Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 84-94

  Sabri, Farideh ^a   Titanji, Kehmia ^a   De Milito, Angelo ^a   Chiodi, Francesca ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN;

APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPATHOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE INJURY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0037246875     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2003.tb00009.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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