Pediatric HIV Infection in a Tertiary Care Center in North India: Early Impressions

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 982-986

  Lodha, Rakesh ^a   Singhal, Tanu ^a   Jain, Yogesh ^a   Kabra, Sushil K ^a   Seth, P ^a   Seth, Vimlesh ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034277163     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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