Thrombocytopoenia as marker for HIV exposure in the neonate

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 208-210

  Roux, W ^a   Pieper, C ^a   Cotton, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPOSURE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0034883871     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/47.4.208     Document Type: Article

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