Vitamin A supplements for reducing mother-to-child HIV transmission

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Wiysonge, Charles S ^a   Ndze, Valantine N ^b   Kongnyuy, Eugene J ^c   Shey, Muki S ^d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^c Reproductive Health Solutions   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; FOLIC ACID; IRON; MULTIVITAMIN; PLACEBO; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE; VITAMIN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD DEATH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALAWI; MATERNAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TANZANIA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZIMBABWE; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 85028959933     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003648.pub4     Document Type: Review

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