Neurologic manifestations of childhood AIDS in Benin City, Nigeria

Journal of Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-25

  Sadoh, Wilson E ^a   Okunola, Olusola P ^a   Oviawe, Osa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

AIDS; Benin; Encephalopathy; HIV; Neurologic; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BABINSKI REFLEX; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONVULSION; DEHYDRATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROCEPHALY; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NIGERIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; REFLEX DISORDER; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPASTICITY; TENDON REFLEX; THRUSH; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 33847770216     PISSN: 13042580     EISSN: 18759041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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