Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy on Intestinal Lymphoid Tissues in HIV Infection
Open Access
- 5 December 2006
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 3 (12) , e515
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030515
Abstract
Veazey and Lackner discuss a new study which found that most patients who start antiretroviral drugs as early as possible after HIV infection still do not experience complete restoration of intestinal CD4+ T cells to baseline levels.Keywords
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