Lack of evidence of a stable viral load set-point in early stage asymptomatic patients with chronic HIV-1 infection

AIDS

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1285-1289

  Vidal, Carmen ^a   García, Felipe ^a,c   Romeu, Joan ^b   Ruiz, Lídia ^b   Miró, José M ^a   Cruceta, Anna ^a   Soriano, Alex ^a   Pumarola, Tomás ^a   Clotet, Bonaventura ^b   Gatell, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic patients; CD4+ cells; Set point; Viral load

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 14444284103     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199811000-00009     Document Type: Article

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