The role of weight for age and disease stage in poor psychomotor outcome of HIV-infected children in Kilifi, Kenya.

The role of weight for age and disease stage in poor psychomotor outcome of HIV-infected children in Kilifi, Kenya.

AIM: We aimed to investigate the contribution of disease stage and weight for age to the variability in psychomotor outcome observed among children with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. METHOD: This cross-sectional study involved 48 Kenyan children (20 females, 28 males) aged 6 to 35 m...

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Main Authors:	Abubakar, A, Holding, P, Newton, C, van Baar, A, van de Vijver, F
Format:	Journal article
Language:	English
Published:	2009

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