"AIDS-Related Complex" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A prodromal phase of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Laboratory criteria separating AIDS-related complex (ARC) from AIDS include elevated or hyperactive B-cell humoral immune responses, compared to depressed or normal antibody reactivity in AIDS; follicular or mixed hyperplasia in ARC lymph nodes, leading to lymphocyte degeneration and depletion more typical of AIDS; evolving succession of histopathological lesions such as localization of Kaposi's sarcoma, signaling the transition to the full-blown AIDS.
| Descriptor ID |
D000386
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.782.815.616.400.080 C02.800.801.400.080 C02.839.080 C20.673.480.080
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| Concept/Terms |
AIDS-Related Complex- AIDS-Related Complex
- AIDS Related Complex
- Complex, AIDS-Related
- Lymphadenopathy Syndrome
- Lymphadenopathy Syndromes
- Syndrome, Lymphadenopathy
- Syndromes, Lymphadenopathy
- ARC
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "AIDS-Related Complex" by people in Profiles.
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Grossman M, Shiramizu B. Evaluation of lymphadenopathy in children. Curr Opin Pediatr. 1994 Feb; 6(1):68-76.
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Goudsmit J, Epstein LG, Paul DA, van der Helm HJ, Dawson GJ, Asher DM, Yanagihara R, Wolff AV, Gibbs CJ, Gajdusek DC. Intra-blood-brain barrier synthesis of human immunodeficiency virus antigen and antibody in humans and chimpanzees. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1987 Jun; 84(11):3876-80.