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Cardiac Disease in Adolescents With Delayed Diagnosis of Vertically Acquired HIV Infection
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University College London, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research, Mortimer Market Centre, ...
Published InClinical Infectious Diseases
Year2012
Citations40
Abstract
Background. At least one-third of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected infants survive to adolescence even without antiretroviral therapy (ART), but are at high risk of complications including cardiac disease. We investigated the characteristics of cardiac disease among adolescents with HIV infection diagnosed in late childhood who were receiving ambulatory HIV care in Harare, Zimbabwe.
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