Plasma viral load and CD4+ lymphocytes as prognostic markers of HIV-1 infection

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 946-954

  Mellors, John W ^c   Muñoz, Alvaro ^c   Giorgi, Janis V ^c   Margolick, Joseph B ^c   Tassoni, Charles J ^c   Gupta, Phalguni ^c   Kingsley, Lawrence A ^c   Todd, John A ^c   Saah, Alfred J ^c   Detels, Roger ^c   Phair, John P ^a   Rinaldo Jr , Charles R ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; NEOPTERIN; VIRUS RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS TITRATION;

EID: 1842296349     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-126-12-199706150-00003     Document Type: Article

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