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Immunologic and virologic effects of glucocorticoids on human immunodeficiency virus infection in children: a preliminary study.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Mar 1994
Ferdman R M, Church J A
Abstract excerpt
The immune dysfunction in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is complex and cannot be explained solely on the basis of numerical depletion of T lymphocytes. Inappropriate, uncontrolled activation of the immune system may be involved. In a test of this hypothesis, five HIV-infected children were prospectively treated with prednisone and selected immunologic and virologic indices were analyzed. Subjects...
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