title: [Blood histamine levels in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus].
abstract: Serum histamine levels are significantly lowered in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Treatment with zidovudine has no effect on histaminaemia, but HIV-positive patients with thrombocytopenic purpura who underwent splenectomy are known to have had a rise in serum histamine levels after the operation. This parameter might be used as prognostic factor in the evaluation of patients with HIV infection.
authors.affiliation: Centre hospitalier national d'Ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts, Paris.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liotet
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Meyohas
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Batellier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chaumeil
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sainte Laudy
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fribourg Blanc
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Frottier
mesh_terms: D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006632:Histamine / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D011696:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic / Q000097:blood / Q000601:surgery; D013156:Splenectomy; D013997:Time Factors; D015215:Zidovudine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D015215:Zidovudine; D006632:Histamine
vernacular_title: Histaminémie des malades infectés par le virus de l'immunodéficience humaine.