Does pregnancy influence the course of HIV infection? Evidence from two large Swiss Cohort Studies

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 404-410

  Weisser, Maja ^a   Rudin, Christoph ^a   Battegay, Manuel ^b   Pfluger, Dominik ^c   Kully, Charlotte ^a   Egger, Matthias ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease progression; HIV infection; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032522088     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199804150-00004     Document Type: Article

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