Predictors of survival in children with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in Italy, 1983 to 1995

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 629-637

  Ciuta, Stela Teodora ^a,b   Boros, Stefano ^a   Napoli, Pier Angela ^a   Pezzotti, Patrizio ^a   Rezza, Giovanni ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Inspectoratul Politie Sanitara si M   (Romania)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031665276     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.1998.12.629     Document Type: Article

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