1. [Multicenter study of long-term management of HIV exposed and HIV infected children. Study organization and aims].
- Author
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Höger P, Belohradsky BH, Debatin KM, Enenkel S, Grosch-Wörner I, Rosendahl C, Struzyna KH, and Wahn V
- Subjects
- AIDS Serodiagnosis, Combined Modality Therapy, Female, Germany, West, HIV Infections transmission, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Multicenter Studies as Topic, Pregnancy, Prospective Studies, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, HIV Infections therapy, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious therapy
- Abstract
In order ot improve and standardize medical and psychosocial care for infants born to HIV-positive mothers, a prospective multicenter study has been initiated at 6 university hospitals in West-Germany in 1987. Aims of the study are: 1) determination of the rate of vertical HIV-transmission, relevant maternal risk factors and the clinical symptomatology of pre-or perinatally acquired HIV-infections, 2) identification of immunological and virological laboratory markers important for the verification and staging of HIV-infections in infants, 3) elaboration of an interdisciplinary approach to the care of HIV-infected children and their families, integrating medical care, social and psychological attendance.
- Published
- 1990