title: Hospital-based epidemiologic survey of malignancies in children infected with human immunodeficiency virus in Thailand.
abstract: To determine the incidence and spectrum of malignancies in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children, we surveyed 48 hospitals in Thailand between 1996 and 2000. There were 23 children (14 boys and 9 girls; average age at diagnosis of malignancy, 4.2 years), and the incidence rate was 0.6 per 1000 person-years. The most common malignancy was lymphoma (87.0%). The prognosis was poor.
authors.affiliation: King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thailand. chitsanu.p@chula.ac.th
authors.forename: Chitsanu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pancharoen
authors.forename: Issarang
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nuchprayoon
authors.forename: Usa
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Thisyakorn
authors.forename: Kulkanya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chokephaibulkit
authors.forename: Gavivann
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Veerakul
authors.forename: Warunee
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Punpanich
authors.forename: Somjai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kanjanapongkul
authors.forename: Jutarat
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mekmullica
authors.forename: Jurai
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wongsawat
authors.forename: Piyaporn
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bowonkiratikachorn
authors.forename: Suchat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hongsiriwon
authors.forename: Pattra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thanarattanakorn
authors.forename: Pope
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kosalaraksa
authors.forename: Surapon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wiangnon
authors.forename: Anucha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saerejittima
authors.forename: Somsri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kochavate
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006678:HIV; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000821:virology; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D016483:Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology