Evaluation of CD4 counts and percentages in the HIV infected Indian population

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 144-146

  Vajpayee, M ^a   Kanswal, S ^a   Wig, N ^a   Seth, P ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INDIAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE;

EID: 3042749257     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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