Atorvastatin reduces T-cell activation and exhaustion among HIV-infected cART-treated suboptimal immune responders in Uganda: a randomised crossover placebo-controlled trial.

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Published in Trop Med Int Health on January 06, 2015

Authors

Damalie Nakanjako1, Isaac Ssinabulya, Rose Nabatanzi, Lois Bayigga, Agnes Kiragga, Moses Joloba, Pontiano Kaleebu, Andrew D Kambugu, Moses R Kamya, Rafick Sekaly, Alison Elliott, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda; Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.

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