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Prevalence of Antibodies to Lymphadenophahy‐AIDS Virus in French Haemophiliacs
Author(s) -
Aymard J.P.,
Janot C.,
Chermann J.C.,
Montagnier L.,
Briquel M.E.,
Legras B.,
Alexandre P.,
Streiff F.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
vox sanguinis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.68
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1423-0410
pISSN - 0042-9007
DOI - 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1985.tb00785.x
Subject(s) - haemophilia , haemophilia a , medicine , haemophilia b , antibody , virology , virus , pediatrics , immunology
. 49 French haemophiliacs (haemophilia A: 41 patients; haemophilia B: 8 patients) were serologically testes for lymphadenopathy — AIDS virus antibodies: 10 patients (20.4%) were seropositive including 9 (21.9%) with haemophilia A and 1 (12.5%) with haemophilia B. Among haemophiliacs A, seropositive patients received significantly larger amounts of factor VIII concentrate during the 2 years preceding the study.