Maternal serum vitamin A levels are not associated with mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 in the United States

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 321-326

  Burger, Harold ^a,b   Kovacs, Andrea ^c   Weiser, Barbara ^a,b   Grimson, Roger ^d   Nachman, Sharon ^d   Tropper, Pamela ^e,f   Van Bennekum, Ariëtte M ^f   Elie, Marie C ^f   Blaner, William S ^f  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ST JOSEPH S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Columbia Coll of Phys and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Obstetrics; Vertical transmission; Women

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0030987178     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199704010-00003     Document Type: Article

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