"Child"

Incidence and natural history of proliferative sickle cell retinopathy: observations from a cohort study.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the incidence, prevalence, and natural history of proliferative sickle cell retinopathy (PSR). DESIGN: …
Susan M. Downes, Ian R. Hambleton, Elaine L. Chuang, Noemi Lois, Graham R. Serjeant, Alan C. Bird
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Antiretroviral drug therapy in HIV-infected Jamaican children.
BACKGROUND: The study describes a cohort of HIV-infected Jamaican children receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) and reports the …
T. Evans-Gilbert, R. Pierre, J. C. Steel-Duncan, B. Rodriguez, S. Whorms, I. R. Hambleton, J. P. Figueroa, C. D. C. Christie
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CDC-defined diseases and opportunistic infections in Jamaican children with HIV/AIDS.
OBJECTIVE: To document the frequency of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-defined clinical conditions, opportunistic and …
R. Pierre, J. C. Steel-Duncan, T. Evans-Gilbert, B. Rodriguez, P. Palmer, M. F. Smikle, S. Whorms, I. Hambleton, J. P. Figueroa, C. D. C. Christie
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Socio-demographic characteristics of HIV-exposed and HIV-infected Jamaican children.
BACKGROUND: In the face of the continuing pandemic of HIV/AIDS, the burden of the disease is now largest in the resource-poor …
B. Rodriquez, J. C. Steel-Duncan, R. Pierre, T. Evans-Gilbert, I. Hambleton, P. Palmer, J. P. Figueroa, C. D. C. Christie
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Tuberculosis and HIV co-infections in Jamaican children.
BACKGROUND: There has been a worldwide increased prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) in recent years, with a similar trend observed in …
M. Geoghagen, J. A. Farr, I. Hambleton, R. Pierre, C. D. C. Christie
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Paediatric HIV/AIDS in Jamaica. A hospital-based description.
The continuing worldwide epidemic of adult HIV/AIDS has led to an increase in the number of HIV-positive children mainly through …
T. Evans-Gilbert, I. Hambleton, C. A. McKenzie, M. Samms-Vaughan
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Haematological response to parvovirus B19 infection in homozygous sickle-cell disease.
Infection with human parvovirus B19 is known to cause aplastic crises in patients with homozygous sickle-cell disease. We studied the …
B. E. Serjeant, I. R. Hambleton, S. Kerr, C. G. Kilty, G. R. Serjeant
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Sickle cell disease and age at menarche in Jamaican girls: observations from a cohort study.
AIMS: (1) To investigate the distribution of age at menarche in a representative sample of 99 patients with homozygous sickle cell (SS) …
G. R. Serjeant, A. Singhal, I. R. Hambleton
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Significance of fever in Jamaican patients with homozygous sickle cell disease.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the cause and outcome of high fever in Jamaican children with homozygous sickle cell disease. DESIGN: …
K. J. Wierenga, I. R. Hambleton, R. M. Wilson, H. Alexander, B. E. Serjeant, G. R. Serjeant
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Gallstones in sickle cell disease: observations from The Jamaican Cohort study.
The prevalence, incidence, risk factors, clinical associations, and morbidity of gallstones were studied in 311 patients with …
T. M. Walker, I. R. Hambleton, G. R. Serjeant
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