Nutritional interventions for reducing morbidity and mortality in people with HIV

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Grobler, Liesl ^a,b   Siegfried, Nandi ^c,d   Visser, Marianne E ^e   Mahlungulu, Sarah S ^f   Volmink, Jimmy ^a,e  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^f Eastern Cape Department of Health   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; ORNITHINE OXOGLUTARATE; PLACEBO;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BALANCED MACRONUTRIENT FORMULA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT LOSS; CALORIC INTAKE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIARRHEA; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; FAT MASS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MACRONUTRIENT; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY RATE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SPIRULINA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; CHILD; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENERGY INTAKE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875512719     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004536.pub3     Document Type: Review

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