Article
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 child...
Topics
- CD4-CD8 Ratio
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- HIV Core Protein p24
- HIV Infections
- Humans
- Leukocyte Count
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Phenotype
- Prednisone
- Prospective Studies
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets