Trends in antiretroviral therapy and mother-infant transmission of HIV

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-47

  Cooper, Ellen R ^a   Charurat, Manhattan ^b   Burns, David N ^c   Blattner, William ^b   Hoff, Rodney ^d  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; HIV; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; ZIDOVUDINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034190647     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-200005010-00007     Document Type: Article

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