Short communication: Predicting adverse HIV-related outcomes in a resource-limited setting: Use of the inflammation marker α1- acid glycoprotein

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1171-1174

  Rawat, Rahul ^a   Humphrey, Jean H ^b,c   Mutasa, Kuda ^b   Ntozini, Robert ^b   Stoltzfus, Rebecca J ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ZVITAMBO Study Team   (Zimbabwe)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; OROSOMUCOID;

ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUERPERIUM; SURVIVAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ZIMBABWE;

FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; OROSOMUCOID; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 78649289932     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2010.0053     Document Type: Article

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