A technique in which abnormal tissue is exposed to a burst of infrared light (a type of radiation). This causes blood in veins in the tissue to coagulate … [Read more...]
Search Results for: HIV
human immunodeficiency virus
The cause of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Also called HIV. … [Read more...]
highly active antiretroviral therapy
Treatment for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection that uses a combination of several antiretroviral drugs. The drugs inhibit the ability of the virus … [Read more...]
HAART
Treatment for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection that uses a combination of several antiretroviral drugs. The drugs inhibit the ability of the virus … [Read more...]
AZT
A drug that inhibits the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS. Also called zidovudine. … [Read more...]
Aptivus
A drug used with another drug, ritonavir, to treat patients who are infected with HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) and have been treated with other anti-HIV … [Read more...]
antiretroviral therapy
Treatment with drugs that inhibit the ability of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or other types of retroviruses to multiply in the body. … [Read more...]
tipranavir sodium
A drug used with another drug, ritonavir, to treat patients who are infected with HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) and have been treated with other anti-HIV … [Read more...]
emtricitabine
A synthetic nucleoside analogue of cytidine with activity against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase (RT). Emtricitabine is … [Read more...]
acetylcysteine
A synthetic N-acetyl derivative of the endogenous amino acid L-cysteine, a precursor of the antioxidant enzyme glutathione. Acetylcysteine regenerates liver … [Read more...]