When should therapy begin for children infected with HIV?

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 900-902

  Leroy, Valériane ^a   Dabis, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; FOLLOW UP; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84869874310     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70266-9     Document Type: Letter

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