Eduardo de Souza|Neli Cristina Belmiro dos Santos|Sandro Roberto Valentini|G. Silva|Angela Falbo
Long-term Follow-up Outcomes of Perinatally HIV-infected Adolescents: infection Control but School Failure
Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira|Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira|Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira
perinatally human immunodeficiency virus hivinfected children fighting acquired immune deficiency syndrome aids becoming adolescents objective study examine longterm outcomes among perinatally hiv1infected adolescents crosssectional clinical laboratory data collected 49 perinatally hivinfected adolescents followed instituto de medicina integral prof fernando figueira imips hospital 1987 2007 mean age adolescents 125 years majority female 735 mean followup duration 90 years 714 adolescents signs hiv infection 816 normal cd4 lymphocyte count 531 undetectable hiv viral load hiv disclosure adolescent reported 31 633 participants majority school 898 failure dropout reported 51 286 subjects respectively five domains quality life qol measured revealed high scores majority longterm adolescent survivors showed hivinfection control high scores qol problems schooling functioning need early detection intervention