Proceedings of the Ginseng society Conference (고려인삼학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2002.10a
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- Pages.185-211
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- 2002
Korean Red Ginseng-intake has Definite Clinical Usefulness and causes Nef Gene Variation including High Frequency of Deletion
- Cho Young Keol (Department of Microbiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine) ;
- Lee Hee Kyung (Department of Microbiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine) ;
- Ahn Sun Hee (Department of Microbiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine) ;
- Lee Hee Jung (Department of Microbiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine) ;
- Nam Ki Yeul (KT&G Central Research Institute)
- Published : 2002.10.01
Abstract
We have found many beneficial effects of the long-tenn intake of Korean red ginseng (KRG) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type-I infected patients, including the maintenance of CD4+ T cell count for 10 years with KRG only and the delayed development of resistance mutation to ZDV. In this study, to investigate whether KRG-intake could affect the clinical progression and nef gene variation, we determined 200nef sequences from 70 patients. Follow-up period was
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