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Recurrent thrombosis in an HIV-1 infected child
Ira Shah
Department of Pediatric HIV, B. J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Parel, Mumbai, India
Correspondence Address:
Ira Shah
240 D. Walkeshwar Road, Malabar Hill, Mumbai – 400 006
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7184.102127
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Though thromboembolic complications in HIV infected patients have been described in literature, recurrent thrombosis is very rare. We present a six-year-old HIV infected boy who presented with recurrent thrombosis. He initially had renal artery thrombosis, then middle cerebral artery thrombosis and finally hepatic vein thrombosis that was fatal. |
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