A review found that CD4/CD8 ratio could be used as a prognostic marker for mortality in patients with HIV, though future studies need to be done to confirm these findings. Clinical practices can ...

What Is the CD4:CD8 Ratio Test Used For? CD4 and CD8 are two types of white blood cells in your blood. White blood cells help your body fight infections. If you have HIV infection, your doctor may use ...

CD4 counts show how strong your immune system is; lower counts mean a weaker immune response. The CD4 percentage shows what part of your white blood cells are CD4 cells and helps check how strong your ...

The ratio of CD4 to CD8 T cells in the blood-a marker of immune system health and associated with mortality risk in the general population-is an independent predictor of coronary heart disease in ...

Using a 6-month lagged CD4/CD8 ratio, researchers found a ratio of 0.30 was associated with a 24% increased risk of any incident cancer among people living with HIV, compared with a ratio of 0.80.

As reported earlier, a chemotherapy regimen that consisted of dacarbazine, vincristine, lomustine, and bleomycin (DOBC) combined with natural leukocyte interferon (IFN) has been administered with ...