Underdosing of antiretrovirals in UK and Irish children with HIV as an example of problems in prescribing medicines to children, 1997-2005: Cohort study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7551, 2006, Pages 1183-1186

  Menson, Esse N ^a   Walker, A Sarah ^a   Sharland, Mike ^b   Wells, Carole ^b   Tudor Williams, Gareth ^c   Riordan, F Andrew I ^d   Lyall, E G Hermione ^c   Gibb, Diana M ^a  

^a MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; DIDANOSINE; EFAVIRENZ; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; NELFINAVIR; NEVIRAPINE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RITONAVIR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; STAVUDINE; TENOFOVIR; ZIDOVUDINE; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; INFANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRELAND;

EID: 33646927843     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7551.1183     Document Type: Article

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