Multiple micronutrient supplementation does not reduce diarrhoea morbidity in Ugandan HIV-infected children: A randomised controlled trial

Paediatrics and International Child Health

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-21

  Ndeezi, Grace ^a   Tylleskar, Thorkild ^b   Ndugwa, Christopher M ^a   Tumwine, James K ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; HIV infected children; Multiple micronutrients

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IODINE; IRON; MULTIVITAMIN; NICOTINIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D; ZINC; VITAMIN;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; VOMITING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; VITAMINS;

EID: 84865306317     PISSN: 20469047     EISSN: 20469055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2046905511Y.0000000003     Document Type: Article

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