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How does HIV cause AIDS?

Science (New York, N.Y.) - 28 May 1993

Weiss R A

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Many questions have been posed about acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) pathogenesis. Is human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) both necessary and sufficient to cause AIDS? Is AIDS essentially an autoimmune disease, triggering apoptosis, or is virus infection the cause of T helper lymphocyte depletion? What is the significance of HIV tropism and the role of macrophages and dendritic cells in AIDS? Is there...

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PMID: 8493571
DOI: 10.1126/science.8493571

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