CSF soluble Fas correlates with the severity of HIV-associated dementia

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 654-656

  Towfighi, A ^a   Skolasky, R L ^a   St Hillaire, C ^a   Conant, K ^a   McArthur, Justin C ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV ASSOCIATED DEMENTIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1342330824     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000110188.37546.51     Document Type: Article

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