Correlation of nutritional status and in vivo activation of immune response in HIV(+) hemophiliacs. (Research Report)

AUTHORS: S. Kuvibidila, R. Sharma, R.P. Warrier and W.A. Andes. Veterans Administration;

LSUMC, Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology; Tulane University School of Medicine, New

Orleans, Louisiana.

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to a joint conference sponsored by the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, Southern Section of the American Federation for Clinical Research, Southern Society for Pediatric Research and Southern Region of the Society for Investigative Dermatology, "Previous work in our laboratory suggested that the levels of prealbumin (PA) and retinol-binding (RB), two sensitive indicators of malnutrition, …