Growth hormone resurrects adult human thymus during HIV-1 infection

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 844-847

  Tesselaar, Kiki ^a   Miedema, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL RENEWAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL T CELL LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS ATROPHY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ATROPHY; GROWTH HORMONE; HIV-1; HUMANS; LYMPHOPOIESIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 40549143698     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI35112     Document Type: Note

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