How HIV guts the immune system

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 358, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 2287-2289

  Johnson, R Paul ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120;

BINDING AFFINITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SHORT SURVEY; VACCINATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 44249090892     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcibr0802134     Document Type: Article

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