Trends in management and outcome of pregnancies in HIV-infected women in the UK and Ireland, 1990-2006

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1078-1086

  Townsend, C L ^a   Cortina Borja, M ^a   Peckham, C S ^a   Tookey, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; HIV; Pregnancy outcome; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; NEVIRAPINE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CESAREAN SECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IRELAND; LIVE BIRTH; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; NEWBORN DEATH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREAT BRITAIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IRELAND; LIVE BIRTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STILLBIRTH; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 47349109258     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01706.x     Document Type: Article

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