T-Lymphocyte Subpopulations in Patients with Classic Hemophilia Treated with Cryoprecipitate and Lyophilized Concentrates

Abstract

PATIENTS with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) include male homosexuals, intravenous drug abusers, and Haitian immigrants to the United States.1 2 3 Approximately half the patients have contracted Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, a third Kaposi's sarcoma, and 10 per cent concurrent Kaposi's sarcoma and P. carinii pneumonia. The mortality rate approaches 40 per cent. Persistent generalized lymphadcnopathy and diffuse undifferentiated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma have also been reported in homosexual males and are considered part of the AIDS.4 , 5 Nine patients (six with Kaposi's sarcoma and three with P. carinii pneumonia) were found to have had sexual contact with other AIDS patients.6 Among homosexual patients, studies . . .