Immune parameters in HIV infection--a practical guide.
As it has become clear that HIV causes a progressive breakdown in immune competence that can be precisely measured, the introduction of diagnostic tests in placebo-controlled clinical trials has taken on a new importance. The task for clinical immunologists, namely to standardize these techniques through international collaboration using current understanding of pathogenesis, was the subject of a recent workshop.
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Dept of Clinical Immunology, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London, UK.
D016516:CD4-CD8 Ratio; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology