Mortality in a cohort of children born to HIV-1 infected women from Durban, South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 646-648

  Bobat, Raziya ^a   Coovadia, Hoosen ^a   Moodley, Dhayendre ^a   Coutsoudis, Anna ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; FAILURE TO THRIVE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; THRUSH;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032776486     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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