Intravenous Immune Globulin for the Prevention of Bacterial Infections in Children with Symptomatic Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 325, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 73-80

  Willoughby, A ^b   Mofenson, L M ^b   Nugent, R ^b   Moye, J ^b   Berendes, H W ^b   Rigau Perez, J G ^b   Durako, S ^c   Jordan, C ^c   Rust, K ^c   Hirschhorn, R ^c   Bethel, J ^c   Shah, K ^d   Chow, J ^d   Edelson, P ^e   Sanders, D ^e   Bonagura, V ^f   Valacer, D ^f   Henley, W ^g   Bamji, M ^h   Gupta, A ⁱ   Li, K I ⁱ   Abrams, J E ^j   Fikrig, S ^k   Bakshi, S S ^l   Pahwa, S ^m   Krasinski, K ⁿ   Pitt, J ^o   Bernstein, L ^p   Rubinstein, A ^p   Johnson, G ^q   Cooper, E R ^r   Frenkel, L ^s   Lischner, H W ^t   Raphael, S A ^t   Johnson, J P ^u   Rakusan, T ^v   Nesheim, S ^w   Nahmias, A ^w   Keyserling, H ^w   Yogev, R ^x   Chadwick, E ^x   Rich, K ^y   Shearer, W T ^z   Guerra Hanson, I C ^z   Petru, A ^aa   Diaz, C ^ab   Colon Santini, J L ^ab   Jimenez, E ^ac   GarciaTrias, D ^ad   Acantilado, C ^ad   Schwartz, R ^ae   more..

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

^c Lincoln Hospital   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e QUEENS HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^h NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁱ HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^j SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^l NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^m BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^o ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^q BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^r RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^s Department of Neurological Surgery St Christopher's Hospital   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^u CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^v EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^w CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^y Texas Children's Hospital   (United States)

^z CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^ab San Juan Veterans Hospital   (United States)

^ac Internal Medicine Department Dr Ramon Ruiz Arnau University Hospital   (United States)

^ad BAYER AG   (Germany)

^ae NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0025740950     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199107113250201     Document Type: Article

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