Vitamin A deficiency and genital viral burden in women infected with HIV-1

Lancet

Volumn 359, Issue 9313, 2002, Pages 1210-1212

  French, Audrey L ^a,b   Cohen, Mardge H ^a   Gange, Stephen J ^c   Burger, Harold ^d   Gao, Wei ^e   Semba, Richard D ^f   Meyer III, William A ^g   Robison, Esther ^e   Anastos, Kathryn ^h  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^e MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h LINCOLN MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037029426     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)08226-0     Document Type: Article

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3. Vitamin A deficiency and other nutritional indices during pregnancy in human immunodeficiency virus infection: Prevalence, clinical correlates, and outcome
4. Genital shedding of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 DNA during pregnancy: Association with immunosuppression, abnormal cervical or vaginal discharge and severe vitamin A deficiency
5. Hormonal contraception, vitamin A deficiency, and other risk factors for shedding of HIV-1 infected cells from the cervix and vagina