Internalizing Mental Disorders and Accelerated Cellular Aging Among Perinatally HIV-Infected Youth in Uganda

Internalizing Mental Disorders and Accelerated Cellular Aging Among Perinatally HIV-Infected Youth in Uganda

Introduction: Internalizing mental disorders (IMDs) in HIV+ children and adolescents are associated with impaired quality of life and non-adherence to anti-retroviral treatment. Telomere length is a biomarker of cellular aging, and shorter telomere length has been associated with IMDs. However, the...

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Main Authors: Allan Kalungi, Jacqueline S. Womersley, Eugene Kinyanda, Moses L. Joloba, Wilber Ssembajjwe, Rebecca N. Nsubuga, Jonathan Levin, Pontiano Kaleebu, Martin Kidd, Soraya Seedat, Sian M. J. Hemmings
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
Subjects:
internalizing mental disorders
relative telomere length
HIV+
perinatally HIV-infected youth
Uganda
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2019.00705/full

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