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Persistence of hepatitis A virus antibodies after primary immunization and resp...
Gouvêa,Aída de Fátima Thomé Barbosa; Pinto,Maria Isabel de Moraes; Miyamoto,Maristela; Machado,Daisy Maria; Pessoa,Silvana DuarteOBJECTIVE: To assess possible factors associated with the loss of antibodies to hepatitis A 7 years after the primary immunization in children of HIV-infected mothers and the response to revaccination in patients seronegative for hepatitis A. METHODS: Quantification of HAV antibodies by electrochemiluminescence was performed in 39 adolescents followed up at the Pediatric Aids Clinic of Federal University of São...
Noncirrhotic portal hypertension in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infect...
Gouvêa,Aída de Fátima Thomé Barbosa; Machado,Daisy Maria; Beltrão,Suênia Cordeiro de Vasconcelos; Carmo,Fabiana Bononi doOBJECTIVE: To alert the pediatrician who is following up HIV-infected patients about the possibility of non-cirrhotic portal hypertension (NCPH) in this period of life, in order to avoid the catastrophic consequences of this disease as bleeding esophageal varices. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 13 years old HIV-infected patient by vertical route was receiving didanosine (ddI) for 12 years. Although the HIV viral load had ...
Assessment of antioxidants status and superoxide dismutase activity in HIV-infe...
Pugliese,Camila; Patin,Rose Vega; Palchetti,Cecilia Zanin; Claudio,Cristiane Chiantelli; Gouvêa,Aída de Fátima Thomé BarbosaObjective:This study aims to assess the nutritional status of selenium, copper and zinc; and also the erythrocyte superoxide dismutase activity of HIV-infected children compared to a control group.Methods:A cross-sectional study was carried out with prepubertal HIV-infected children (n = 51) and their healthy siblings (n = 32). All biochemical measurements including plasma selenium, serum copper levels, serum a...
Body composition and lipodystrophy in prepubertal HIV-infected children
Palchetti,Cecilia Zanin; Patin,Rose Vega; Gouvêa,Aída de Fátima Thomé Barbosa; Szejnfeld,Vera Lúcia; Succi,Regina Célia de MenezesOBJECTIVE: To identify lipodystrophy in prepubertal HIV-infected children using anthropometric parameters and body composition assessment. METHODS: Cross-sectional study including 40 prepubertal HIV-infected children of both genders seen at the Care Center of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases - Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo city, Brazil, was carried out from August to December 2008. A...