TWINS DISCORDANT FOR INFECTION WITH HIV: A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY STUDY
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Dizygotic twins discordant for HIV and hepatitis C virus.
Twin girls were born at 37 weeks' gestation to a mother infected by HIV and hepatitis C virus. Twin 1 had symptomatic HIV infection by 9 months but was negative for hepatitis C virus antibody and RNA. Twin 2 became HIV antibody negative by 15 months but was positive for antihepatitis C virus and RNA.
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Research
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0031-3998,1530-0447
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-198704010-00271