Clinical spectrum of paediatric HIV in Nnewi, Nigeria

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-14

  Ugochukwu, E F ^a  

^a NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

AIDS; Childhood; HIV; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

EFAVIRENZ; LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; STAVUDINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEVER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SUPERINFECTION; THRUSH; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646834163     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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