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Mucocutaneous Manifestations in Children with HIV Infection and AIDS
Author(s) -
Hachem May El,
Bernardi Stefania,
Pianosi Giuseppe,
Krzysztofiak Andrzej,
Livadiotti Susanna,
Gattinara Guido Castelli
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1998.tb01388.x
Subject(s) - mucocutaneous zone , medicine , etiology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , population , dermatology , pediatrics , immunology , disease , pathology , environmental health
Mucocutaneous diseases are more frequent in HIV/AIDS‐infected children than in the normal population. We analyze mucocutaneous disorders with atypical presentations in a large population of HIV‐infected children, with or without full‐blown AIDS, compared to a population of HIV seroreverted children. The majority of these cutaneous disorders have an infectious etiology and their frequency is related to the degree of deterioration of the immune system. Some diseases commonly observed in adults are rare in children; neoplasms are an exception.