2 results match your criteria: "Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Hospital Medical Center[Affiliation]"

Intravenous gammaglobulin treatment in HIV-1 infection.

Immunol Allergy Clin North Am

November 2008

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Hospital Medical Center, 1525 Blondell Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.

The two main indications for the use of intravenous gammaglobulin--antibody replacement therapy and immunomodulation--are pertinent only for a few scenarios in HIV-1 infection. The role of gammaglobulin in the treatment of HIV-1 infection has changed significantly with the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Antiretroviral drugs have not only controlled the progression of disease but also had far-reaching effects on HIV-1-induced immunologic aberrations.

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Preclinical studies of alkylureas as anti-HIV-1 contraceptive.

Curr Pharm Des

January 2006

Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Hospital Medical Center, 1525 Blondell Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.

The HIV-1 epidemic continues to spread at a rate of over 15, 000 new cases daily. HIV-1 transmission through heterosexual contact became the dominant risk for women globally. About half of the over 40 million HIV-1 infected individuals worldwide are now women.

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