HIV seropositivity in hospitalized children with high clinical likelihood of AIDS

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 372-375

  Lahiri, S ^a   Shahab, T ^a   Malik, A ^a   Alam, S ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 0036546047     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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