Erythrocyte apoptosis (erythroptosis) and anaemia in chronic HIV-1 infection : relationship with immune activation and viraemia
Thesis (MScMedSc)-- Stellenbosch University, 2013. === ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Chronic HIV-1 infection is characterized by extensive inflammation/immune activation and also by anaemia. Macrophages and neutrophils produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) which can cause damage to surrounding cells, including...
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Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85803 |