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Development and assessment of school-age and adolescent children with human immunodeficiency virus.

Semin Speech Lang. 2000;21(1):49-60; quiz 60-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/20229281
McClowry DP; State of California Department of Education, Diagnostic Center,; Southern California, Los Angeles 90032, USA.

Abstract: This article presents a review of the literature regarding the communication problems of school-age children with HIV-infection and the impact of the psychosocial and emotional reactions of these children on their social relationships. An overview of the effects of HIV infection on the central nervous system is followed by descriptions of how hearing, oral motor function, speech, language, reading and written language may be affected.
Keywords: JOURNAL ARTICLE Adaptation, Psychological Adolescence Antiviral Agents/THERAPEUTIC USE Case Report Child Communication Disorders/DIAGNOSIS/*ETIOLOGY Human HIV Seropositivity/*COMPLICATIONS/DRUG THERAPY

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