The first 5 years of the family clinic for HIV at Tygerberg hospital: Family demographics, survival of children and early impact of antiretroviral therapy

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-11

  van Kooten Niekerk, N K M ^a   Knies, M M ^a   Howard, J ^b   Rabie, H ^b   Zeier, M ^b   van Rensburg, A ^b   Frans, N ^c   Schaaf, H S ^b   Fatti, G ^d   Little, F ^d   Cotton, Mark F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAREGIVER; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MONOTHERAPY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31744447128     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmi047     Document Type: Article

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