The effect of N-acetylcysteine supplementation upon viral load, CD4, CD8, total lymphocyte count and hematocrit in individuals undergoing antiretroviral treatment

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 452-455

  Spada, Celso ^a   Treitinger, Arício ^a   Reis, Marcellus ^a   Masokawa, Ivete Y ^a   Verdi, Júlio C ^a   Luiz, Magali C ^a   Silveira, Mariete V S ^a   Michelon, Cleonice M ^a   Ávila Junior, Sílvio ^a   Gil, Ione D O ^a   Ostrowsky, Stephanie ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Antiretroviral therapy; HIV; N acetylcysteine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; PLACEBO; SELENIUM; ZANBON; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIRUS LOAD; BLOOD; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG COMBINATION; IMMUNOLOGY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 18444396890     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2002.077     Document Type: Article

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