Efavirenz-containing highly active antiretroviral therapy in an HIV-infected patient with myasthenia gravis [2]

AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2544-2545

  Chiesa, Elisabetta ^a   Bongiovanni, Marco ^a   Melzi, Sara ^a   Bini, Teresa ^a   Monforte, Antonella D'Arminio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; EFAVIRENZ; LAMIVUDINE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LETTER; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOPATHY; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OXAZINES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 1642317452     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200311210-00022     Document Type: Letter

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