Effects of Vitamins, Including Vitamin A, on HIV/AIDS Patients

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 75, Issue , 2007, Pages 355-383

  Mehta, Saurabh ^a   Fawzi, Wafaie ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; VITAMIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CHILD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS;

EID: 33947113295     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0083-6729(06)75013-0     Document Type: Review

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