The relative prognostic value of plasma HIV RNA levels and CD4 lymphocyte counts in advanced HIV infection

AIDS

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1639-1643

  Lepri, Alessandro Cozzi ^a   Katzenstein, Terese L ^b   Ullum, Henrik ^b   Phillips, Andrew N ^a   Skinhøj, Peter ^b   Gerstoft, Jan ^b   Pedersen, Bente K ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

HIV progression; Prognostic value; Statistical interaction

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DENMARK; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 7344250683     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199813000-00011     Document Type: Article

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