Paediatric acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (PAIDS) in Trinidad and Tobago
West Indian med. j
; West Indian med. j;39(3): 174-7, Sept. 1990.
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RESUMO
The first twenty-one cases of Paediatric Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (PAIDS) in Trinidad and Tobago were studied. An overwhelmingmajority of patients were of African descent. Most of the children presented within the first year of life, the average time between presentation and death was and a half months, and the majority presented with either diarrhoea or pneumonia or failure to thrive, common conditions in the West Indies. Fever lasting longer than two weeks as well as hepatomegaly were clues which led to a definite diagnosis
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Índice:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe ingles
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Trinidad y tobago
Idioma:
En
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
1990
Tipo de documento:
Article