Maternal vitamin A deficiency and child growth failure during human immunodeficiency virus infection

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 219-222

  Semba, Richard D ^a,c   Miotti, Paolo ^a   Chiphangwi, John D ^b   Henderson, Robin ^a   Dallabetta, Gina ^a   Yang, Li Ping ^a   Hoover, Donald ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c Ocular Immunology Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Human immunodeficiency virus; Nutrition; Retinol; Vitamin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0030940075     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199703010-00004     Document Type: Article

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