Neurodevelopment in perinatally HIV-infected children: A concern for adolescence

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 16, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Laughton, Barbara ^a   Cornell, Morna ^b   Boivin, Michael ^c   Van Rie, Annelies ^d  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Executive function; Hearing; Neurocognitive; Neurodevelopment; Neurological; Perinatally hiv infected

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED CHILD; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LANGUAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERINATAL INFECTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HIV ASSOCIATED DEMENTIA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NEUROCOGNITIVE; NEUROLOGICAL; PATHOLOGY; PERINATALLY HIV INFECTED;

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENTS; CHILDREN; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HEARING; NEUROCOGNITIVE; NEURODEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGICAL; PERINATALLY HIV INFECTED;

ADOLESCENT; AIDS DEMENTIA COMPLEX; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 84887284107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.16.1.18603     Document Type: Review

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