title: [Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in childhood. Current status].
abstract: The spectrum of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has broadened to include children. A review of the literature revealed 452 pediatric patients with AIDS. Based on these data, relevant and practically oriented information is given concerning epidemiology, clinical features and laboratory findings, diagnosis and differential diagnosis, management, and prognosis of this newly recognized disorder.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Allergie und klinische Immunologie, Kinderklinik der Universität La Sapienza, Roma.
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authors.lastname: Cantani
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Das erworbene Immunmangelsyndrom (AIDS) im Kindesalter. Derzeitiger Stand.