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Follow-up of vertically HIV-1-infected long-surviving children.
AIDS patient care and STDs - 1 Feb 2001
Salvini F, Scarlatti G, Bossi A, Pinzani R, Zibordi F, Giovanettoni C, Plebani A
Abstract excerpt
This study describes the clinical, immunologic, and virological characteristics of 30 vertically human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected children older than 8 years of age (long-survivors) before the introduction of protease inhibitors therapy. All of them were followed from birth. At the age of 8 years, 7 children presented no HIV-1-associated signs or only mild ones and only 5 had severe clinical...
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