Correlation between clinical features and degree of immunosuppression in HIV infected children

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 140-143

  Agarwal, D ^a,b   Chakravarty, J ^a   Sundar, S ^a   Gupta, V ^a   Bhatia, B D ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

CD4 ; Children; HIV; Protein energy malnutrition; WHO clinical stage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, CD4; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 40349087262     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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