Clinical manifestations of adolescents with HIV/AIDS in Jamaica

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-264

  Harrison, A ^a,b   Pierre, R B ^a,b   Palmer, P ^a   Moore, J ^a   Davis, D ^a   Dunkley Thompson, J ^a,b,c   Figueroa, J P ^c   Christie, Celia D C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c St Vincent and the Grenadines   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATITIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATOMEGALY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JAMAICA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAROTITIS; PHASE TRANSITION; PREGNANCY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SPLENOMEGALY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55749107585     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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