CD4 measurements in patients with HIV: Are they feasible for poor settings?

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 0595-0596

  Bentwich, Zvi ^a,b,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c ROSETTA GENOMICS LTD   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MICROCHIP ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ECONOMICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, CD4; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 33846583291     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020214     Document Type: Short Survey

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