Document 0164
 DOCN  M9460164
 TI    Women and AIDS.
 DT    9408
 AU    Schuman P; Sobel JD; Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State
       University School of; Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.
 SO    Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 1993 Nov;33(4):341-50. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/94234947
 AB    The number and proportion of women infected with the human
       immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and with the acquired immunodeficiency
       syndrome (AIDS) have increased rapidly throughout the last decade.
       Despite these increases, the scientific community has focused limited
       research attention on women living with HIV infection. Data from studies
       of predominantly gay/bisexual men may not reliably be extended to women;
       studies of the natural history of HIV infection in women are needed.
       Obstetrician-gynaecologists are increasingly called upon to diagnose HIV
       infection in women and provide care in both clinical and research
       settings. In this review we discuss the serodiagnosis of HIV infection
       in women; the impact of pregnancy on HIV disease progression;
       transmission of HIV infection from mother to offspring; gynaecological
       infections and malignancies which may manifest differently in
       HIV-infected women; and clinical care of women living with HIV.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/DIAGNOSIS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/
       TRANSMISSION  Adolescence  Adult  AIDS Serodiagnosis  Cause of Death
       Contraception  Female  Genital Diseases, Female/ETIOLOGY  Human  HIV
       Infections/DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Infant, Newborn
       Pregnancy  Pregnancy Complications, Infectious  *Women  JOURNAL ARTICLE
       REVIEW  REVIEW, MULTICASE

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