CORRELATION BETWEEN CLINICAL PROFILE, CD 4 COUNT AND TOTAL LYMPHOCYTE COUNT IN HIV INFECTED PERSONS
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correlation between total lymphocyte count, hemoglobin, hematocrit and cd4 count in hiv/aids patients
lymphocyte cd4 + count, a standard laboratory test for staging of hiv infection, is expensive and unavailable in resource-restricted countries. total lymphocyte count (tlc) and hemoglobin (hb) are recommended as simple & inexpensive surrogates. the aim of this study was to assess the correlation, sensitivity and predictive power of these parameters as substitutes for cd 4 count. one hundred hiv...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2278-4748,2278-4802
DOI: 10.14260/jemds/2014/1979