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By Mark Cichocki, R.N., About.com Guide to AIDS / HIV since 1999

Absolute CD4 vs CD4 Percentage...What's The Difference?

Monday March 26, 2007
At almost every doctor visit, your HIV specialist will review your absolute CD4 and your CD4 percentage. You listen intently to the numbers as they are given to you but at times you get lost in the math. For many the concept of absolute CD4 and CD4 percentage is a very difficult one to understand. Now there is a guide that makes this difficult concept easy to understand. Knowing and understanding your absolute CD4 and CD4 percentage will help you better understand your health status and your disease. Read more about these two difficult but important concepts.

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