Prompt initiation of art with therapeutic food is associated with improved outcomes in HIV-infected malawian children with malnutrition

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-176

  Kim, Maria H ^a   Cox, Carrie ^a   Dave, Anjalee ^a   Draper, Heather R ^a   Kabue, Mark ^b   Schutze, Gordon E ^a   Ahmed, Saeed ^a   Kazembe, Peter N ^a   Kline, Mark W ^a   Manary, Mark ^c,d  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Abbott Fund Children's Clinical Centre of Excellence   (Malawi)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; Children; HIV; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; STAVUDINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOOD, FORMULATED; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAWI; MALE; MALNUTRITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84857030044     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182405f8f     Document Type: Article

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