Growth Failure as a Prognostic Indicator of Mortality in Pediatric HIV Infection
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Growth failure as a prognostic indicator of mortality in pediatric HIV infection.
OBJECTIVE To study the effect of perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) on somatic growth and examine the relationship of nutritional status to mortality in HIV-infected infants. METHOD Pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic at Mulago hospital in Kampala, Uganda, were enrolled. All live-born babies born to HIV-1 seropositive (HIV+) women, and to every fourth age-matche...
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عنوان ژورنال: PEDIATRICS
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0031-4005,1098-4275
DOI: 10.1542/peds.100.1.e7