Pretreatment CD4 cell slope and progression to AIDS or death in HIV-infected patients initiating antiretroviral therapy--the CASCADE collaboration: a collaboration of 23 cohort studies.

Pretreatment CD4 cell slope and progression to AIDS or death in HIV-infected patients initiating antiretroviral therapy--the CASCADE collaboration: a collaboration of 23 cohort studies.

<h4>Background</h4>CD4 cell count is a strong predictor of the subsequent risk of AIDS or death in HIV-infected patients initiating combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). It is not known whether the rate of CD4 cell decline prior to therapy is related to prognosis and should, therefo...

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Main Authors: Marcel Wolbers, Abdel Babiker, Caroline Sabin, Jim Young, Maria Dorrucci, Geneviève Chêne, Cristina Mussini, Kholoud Porter, Heiner C Bucher, CASCADE Collaboration Members
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-02-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1000239&type=printable
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