AWhat changed
Documented four cases with marked helper-T-cell depletion and acquired cellular immune failure.
Scientific scope
The record is the exact seven-author 1981 NEJM paper. Its small case series and contemporary hypotheses do not establish the later viral cause, full epidemiology, nomenclature, diagnosis or treatment of AIDS.
Evidence
The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact seven-author 1981 NEJM paper. Its small case series and contemporary hypotheses do not establish the later viral cause, full epidemiology, nomenclature, diagnosis or treatment of AIDS.
Contributors
- Michael S. Gottlieb · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Robert Schroff · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Howard M. Schanker · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Joel D. Weisman · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Peng Thim Fan · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Robert A. Wolf · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Andrew Saxon · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
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