Acquired rectal fistula in human immunodeficiency virus-positive children: A causal or casual relationship?

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 20, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 898-901

  Uba, A F ^a   Chirdan, L B ^a   Ardill, W ^b   Ramyil, V M ^a   Kidmas, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^b Evangel Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Acquired rectal fistula; Children; HIV

Indexed keywords

ZINC OXIDE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DIARRHEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATHER; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CENTER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; OTITIS MEDIA; PERINEUM INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULE; RECTUM FISTULA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCREENING; SERODIAGNOSIS; THRUSH; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NIGERIA; RECTAL FISTULA;

EID: 13444273162     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-004-1285-5     Document Type: Article

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