The effects of in utero exposure to antiretroviral therapy (ART) on the language abilities of HIV exposed uninfected infants

Tarryn Stevens; Sheree Schwartz; Anniah Mupawose; Sharon Moonsamy; Vivian Black

doi:10.5897/JAHR2017.0428

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AIDS and HIV Research

Abbreviation: J. AIDS HIV Res.
Language: English
ISSN: 2141-2359
DOI: 10.5897/JAHR
Start Year: 2009
Published Articles: 299

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The effects of in utero exposure to antiretroviral therapy (ART) on the language abilities of HIV exposed uninfected infants

Tarryn Stevens

Tarryn Stevens
Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Sheree Schwartz

Sheree Schwartz
Department of Epidemiology, Centre for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615N. Wolfe Street Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
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Anniah Mupawose

Anniah Mupawose
Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Sharon Moonsamy

Sharon Moonsamy
Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Vivian Black

Vivian Black
Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Article Number - 2EE199665562
Vol.9(8), pp. 164-170 , August 2017
https://doi.org/10.5897/JAHR2017.0428

Received: 12 April 2017
Accepted: 04 August 2017
Published: 31 August 2017

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