The role of immune reconstitution in the onset of subclinical atheromasic lesions

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 524-525

  Maggi, Paolo ^a   Volpe, Anna ^a   Bellacosa, Chiara ^a   Pastore, Giuseppe ^a   Perilli, Francesco ^a   Lillo, Antonio ^a   Regina, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 74049099724     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181b985c6     Document Type: Letter

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