Article
Early recovery of CD4+ T lymphocytes in children on highly active antiretroviral therapy. Dutch study group for children with HIV infections.
AIDS (London, England) - 12 Nov 1998
Cohen Stuart J W, Slieker W A, Rijkers G T, Noest A, Boucher C A, Suur M H, de Boer R, Geelen S P, Scherpbier H J, Hartwig N G, Hooijkaas H, Roos M T, de Graeff-Meeder B, de Groot R
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Regeneration of CD4+ T lymphocytes has been shown to be thymus-dependent in bone marrow transplant recipients and after intensive chemotherapy. The rate of CD4+ T cell regeneration is correlated positively with enlargement of the thymus, as shown on radiographs, and higher rates of...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antibody Specificity
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Flow Cytometry
- HIV Infections
- Humans
- Infant
- Phenotype
- RNA, Viral
- Time Factors