A descriptive study of HIV-infected long-term surviving children in Barbados - A preliminary report

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 167-170

  Kumar, A ^a   St John, M A ^a   Lewis, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 25144525100     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442005000300002     Document Type: Article

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