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Fetal transmission of AIDS through the mother's womb.

Compr Ther. 1985 May;11(5):6-11. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/85229283
Rubinstein A

Abstract: The obstetrician and pediatrician must be alert to the potential development of AIDS in children born to mothers with AIDS/ARC or to healthy mothers who belong to a risk group for AIDS. Serologic studies for HTLV-III should be conducted during pregnancy. In the future it may be possible to identify the AIDS virus or antibodies to it in amniotic fluid obtained by diagnostic amniocentesis. In the interim, sonographic studies during pregnancy in women at risk for AIDS may be helpful in identifying fetal intrauterine growth retardation and may help raise our level of suspicion for congenital AIDS. There is no definitive cure for pediatric AIDS yet. However, recent studies suggest that intravenous gammaglobulin with or without specific antibodies to HTLV-III may arrest disease progression. Under these circumstances, early institution of treatment may alter the disease course favorably.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/ETIOLOGY/GENETICS/ *TRANSMISSION Adolescence Child Child, Preschool Female Homosexuality Human Infant Infant, Newborn Injections, Intravenous Male *Maternal-Fetal Exchange Middle Age Pedigree Pregnancy Risk Substance Dependence/COMPLICATIONS Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. JOURNAL ARTICLE

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