Thymic size and muscle mass of HIV-infected asymptomatic children from Burkina Faso

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 427-428

  Chevalier, Philippe ^a   Diagbouga, Serge ^a   Traore, Yves ^a   Cassel Beraud, Anne Marie ^a   Van de Perre, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MUSCLE MASS; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THYMUS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 0036534832     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200204010-00016     Document Type: Letter

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