Range of normal neutrophil counts in healthy Zimbabwean infants: Implications for monitoring antiretroviral drug toxicity

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 460-463

  Wells, Jennifer ^a,b,c   Shetty, Avinash K ^b   Stranix, Lynda ^a   Falkovitz Halpern, Meira S ^b   Chipato, Tsungai ^a   Nyoni, Norbert ^a   Mateta, Patrick ^a   Maldonado, Yvonne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UZ UCSF Collaborative Program in Women's Health   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral prophylaxis; HIV 1; Infant; Neutropenia; Toxicity; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; NEVIRAPINE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; ZIMBABWE;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DRUG MONITORING; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHILS; RNA, VIRAL; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 33745905023     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000224975.45091.a5     Document Type: Article

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