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Fibrotic Damage by HIV Limits Immune Reconstitution in Lymphatic Tissues in Gut
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Title Fibrotic Damage by HIV Limits Immune Reconstitution in Lymphatic Tissues in Gut
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/579182?src=rss
Description Early in the course of HIV infection, collagen deposition in gut-associated lymphatic tissues (GALT) causes greater CD4+ T cell depletion than in other lymph tissues and limits the extent of immune reconstitution that can be achieved with antiretroviral medications, according to research by scientists at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Gastroenterology
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Date Aug 17, 2008
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