Immune reconstitution in HIV infection: How to measure thymic function?

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-117

  Grossman, Zvi ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFESPAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS FUNCTION;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 18844377863     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2005.01.010     Document Type: Editorial

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