Pattern of pediatric HIV/AIDS: A five-year experience in a tertiary hospital

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 821-825

  Onankpa, Ben ^a   Airede, Lydia ^a   Paul, Ibitoye ^a   Dorcas, Idowu ^a  

^a USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Children adolescents; Clinical evaluation; HIV AIDS; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYSPNEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTICEMIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THRUSH; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 47749144415     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)31376-6     Document Type: Article

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