Measurement of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 RNA load distinguishes progressive infection from nonprogressive HIV-1 infection in men and women

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 332-333

  Burger, Harold ^a   Fang, Guowei ^b   Siegal, Frederick P ^b   Weiser, Barbara ^b   Grimson, Roger ^b   Anastos, Kathryn ^b   Back, Sara ^b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS TITRATION;

EID: 16944367451     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516912     Document Type: Article

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