The contribution of the thymus to the recovery of peripheral naive T-cell numbers during antiretroviral treatment for HIV infection

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Ribeiro, Ruy M ^a   De Boer, Rob J ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

HIV; Mathematical models; Thymus; TREC

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; T CELL RECEPTOR EXCISION CIRCLE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL LEVEL; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CELL COUNT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CELL COUNT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 52049086987     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318184fb28     Document Type: Article

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