Pharmacokinetics of lopinavir/ritonavir and efavirenz in food insecure HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women in Tororo, Uganda

Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 121-132

  Bartelink, Imke H ^a   Savic, Rada M ^b   Mwesigwa, Julia ^c   Achan, Jane ^c   Clark, Tamara ^b   Plenty, Albert ^d   Charlebois, Edwin ^d   Kamya, Moses ^c   Young, Sera L ^e   Gandhi, Monica ^a   Havlir, Diane ^b   Cohan, Deborah ^a   Aweeka, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical research (CRE); Infectious diseases (INF); Pharmacodynamics (PDY); Pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism; Pharmacology (PHA)

Indexed keywords

EFAVIRENZ; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; BENZOXAZINE DERIVATIVE; DRUG COMBINATION; LOPINAVIR; RITONAVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG HAIR LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UGANDA; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD; DRUG COMBINATION; HAIR; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; BENZOXAZINES; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BREAST FEEDING; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HAIR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOPINAVIR; MALNUTRITION; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RITONAVIR; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895758293     PISSN: 00912700     EISSN: 15524604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcph.167     Document Type: Article

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