Relationship between Total Lymphocyte count (TLC) and CD4 count among peoples living with HIV, Southern Ethiopia: A retrospective evaluation

AIDS Research and Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Daka, Deresse ^a   Loha, Eskindir ^a  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58249104035     PISSN: 17426405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-6405-5-26     Document Type: Article

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