Changes in thymic function with age and during the treatment of HIV infection

Nature

Volumn 396, Issue 6712, 1998, Pages 690-695

  Douek, Daniel C ^a   McFarland, Richard D ^a   Keiser, Philip H ^a   Gage, Earl A ^a   Massey, Janice M ^b   Haynes, Barton F ^b   Polis, Michael A ^c   Haase, Ashley T ^d   Feinberg, Mark B ^e   Sullivan, John L ^f   Jamieson, Beth D ^g   Zack, Jerome A ^g   Picker, Louis J ^a   Koup, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

AGE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOPOIESIS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; THYMUS GLAND;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 17444372347     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/25374     Document Type: Article

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