Low pre-ART CD4 count is associated with increased risk of clinical progression or death even after reaching 500 CD4 cells/μL on ART.

<h4>Introduction</h4>Clinical disadvantages of initiating ART at low CD4 counts have been clearly demonstrated but whether any excess risk remains even after reaching relatively high/safe CD4 levels remains unclear. We explore whether individuals starting ART with <500 CD4 cells/μL wh...

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Main Authors: Nikos Pantazis, Vasilios Paparizos, Vasilios Papastamopoulos, Simeon Metallidis, Anastasia Antoniadou, Georgios Adamis, Mina Psichgiou, Maria Chini, Helen Sambatakou, Georgios Chrysos, Nikolaos V Sipsas, Charalambos Gogos, Emmanouil Barbunakis, Periklis Panagopoulos, Olga Katsarou, Giota Touloumi, Athens Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (AMACS)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283648

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