1998
Serum Retinol and HIV-1 RNA Viral Load in Rapid and Slow Progressors
Camp W, Allen S, Alvarez J, Jolly P, Weiss H, Phillips J, Karita E, Serufilira A, Vermund S. Serum Retinol and HIV-1 RNA Viral Load in Rapid and Slow Progressors. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 1998, 18: 401-406. PMID: 9704954, DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199808010-00022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerum retinol levelsHIV-1 RNA viral loadLow viral loadLow serum retinol levelsRNA viral loadSlow progressorsRetinol levelsViral loadHIV serologySerum retinolDisease progressionFirst HIV-positive testHigher serum retinol levelsAsymptomatic HIV infectionHigh HIV loadLow serum retinolSerum retinol valuesHIV disease progressionHIV-positive testHigh viral loadThirty HIVHIV loadHIV infectionRapid progressorsSerum vitaminSerum Retinol and HIV-1 RNA Viral Load in Rapid and Slow Progressors
Camp W, Allen S, Alvarez J, Jolly P, Weiss H, Phillips J, Karita E, Serufilira A, Vermund S. Serum Retinol and HIV-1 RNA Viral Load in Rapid and Slow Progressors. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 1998, 18: 21-26. PMID: 9593454, DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199805010-00004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerum retinol levelsLow viral loadHIV-1 RNA viral loadLow serum retinol levelsRNA viral loadSlow progressorsRetinol levelsViral loadHIV serologySerum retinolDisease progressionFirst HIV-positive testHigher serum retinol levelsAsymptomatic HIV infectionHigh HIV loadLow serum retinolSerum retinol valuesHIV disease progressionHIV-positive testHigh viral loadThirty HIVHIV loadHIV infectionRapid progressorsSerum vitamin
1989
Effects of smoking and oral contraception on plasma β-carotene levels in healthy women
Palan P, Romney S, Vermund S, Mikhail M, Basu J. Effects of smoking and oral contraception on plasma β-carotene levels in healthy women. American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology 1989, 161: 881-885. PMID: 2801833, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(89)90742-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasma beta-carotene levelsBeta-carotene levelsOral contraceptive usersCigarette smokingHealthy womenOral contraceptionRetinol levelsContraceptive usersPlasma concentrationsLower plasma beta-carotene levelOral contraceptive usageOral contraceptive useEffect of smokingNormal healthy womenHigher retinol levelsPlasma vitamin levelsStudy plasma concentrationsCross-sectional studyIntrauterine contraceptive deviceLow plasma concentrationsGeneral Health QuestionnaireTime of recruitmentMethod of contraceptionPatient ageSmoking habits