title: [Multicenter study of long-term management of HIV exposed and HIV infected children. Study organization and aims].
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.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts Kinderkliniken, Hamburg.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Höger
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Belohradsky
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Debatin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Enenkel
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Grosch-Wörner
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rosendahl
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Struzyna
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wahn
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000628:therapy* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000628:therapy*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Multizentrische Studie zur Langzeitbetreuung HIV-exponierter und HIV-infizierter Kinder. Studienaufbau und Studienziele.