Progress of the national Pediatric free antiretroviral therapy program in China

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1182-1188

  Zhao, Yan ^a   Sun, Xin ^a   He, Yun ^b   Tang, Zhirong ^c   Peng, Guoping ^d   Liu, Aiwen ^e   Qiao, Xiaochun ^f   Li, Huiqin ^g   Chen, Zhiqiang ^c   Dou, Zhihui ^a   Ma, Ye ^a   Liu, Zhongfu ^a   Zhang, Fujie ^a,h  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Provincial Infectious Disease Hospital   (China)

^c Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^e Anhui Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^f Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^g Provincial Center for AIDS Care   (China)

^h CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ART; children; HAART; HIV

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIDANOSINE; EFAVIRENZ; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; NEVIRAPINE; STAVUDINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHINA; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EXPERT; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 77956893688     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121003615129     Document Type: Review

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