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Understanding Absolute CD4 Count and CD4 Percentage

Measuring CD4 T-cells is important in helping healthcare providers determine the stage and likely outcome of HIV infection. While they are no longer used to determine when HIV therapy should be ...
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Factors Associated With Discordance Between Absolute CD4 Cell Count and CD4 Cell Percentage in Patients Coinfected With HIV and Hepatitis C Virus

Background. Liver cirrhosis has been associated with decreased absolute CD4 cell counts but preserved CD4 cell percentage in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)—negative persons. We evaluated factors ...
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Nadir CD4 T Cell Count as Predictor and High CD4 T Cell Intrinsic Apoptosis as Final Mechanism of Poor CD4 T Cell Recovery in Virologically Suppressed HIV-Infected Patients ...

Background. Although antiretroviral therapy improves immune response, some human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients present unsatisfactory CD4 T cell recovery despite achieving viral suppression ...