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Effect of Written Emotional Expression on Immune Function in Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: A Randomized Trial

Keith J. Petrie, PhD, Iris Fontanilla, MSc, Mark G. Thomas, MD, Roger J. Booth, PhD and James W. Pennebaker, PhD

From the Department of Health Psychology (K.J.P., I.F.) and the Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology (M.G.T., R.J.B.), University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; and the Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (J.W.P.).



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  		Figure 1. CD4+ lymphocyte count and HIV viral load at baseline, 2 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months after writing in emotional and control writing conditions. Error bars are common standard error adjusted for subject variance.

 




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