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SUBMITTER: Ruel TD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3297647 | biostudies-other | 2012 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Ruel Theodore D TD Boivin Michael J MJ Boal Hannah E HE Bangirana Paul P Charlebois Edwin E Havlir Diane V DV Rosenthal Philip J PJ Dorsey Grant G Achan Jane J Akello Carolyne C Kamya Moses R MR Wong Joseph K JK
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20120204 7
<h4>Background</h4>Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection causes neurocognitive or motor function deficits in children with advanced disease, but it is unclear whether children with CD4 cell measures above the World Health Organization (WHO) thresholds for antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation suffer significant impairment.<h4>Methods</h4>The neurocognitive and motor functions of HIV-infected ART-naive Ugandan children aged 6-12 years with CD4 cell counts of >350 cells/μL and CD4 cell pe ...[more]