Epidemiological and clinical features of pregnant women with HIV: A 21-year perspective from a highly specialized regional center in southern Italy

HIV Clinical Trials

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-42

  Martinelli, Pasquale ^a,d   Agangi, Annalisa ^a   Sansone, Matilde ^a   Maruotti, Giuseppe Maria ^a   Wilma, Buffolano ^a   Paladini, Dario ^a   Pizzuti, Renato ^b   Floridia, Marco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Centro Epidemiologico Della Regione Campana   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

AIDS; Epidemiology; HIV; Italy; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; LAMIVUDINE; NELFINAVIR; NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ERUPTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CENTER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MONOTHERAPY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MYALGIA; PATIENT MONITORING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ITALY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 38949156817     PISSN: 15284336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/hct0901-36     Document Type: Article

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