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Adolescents and HIV: Controversies Old and New
1Division of Adolescent Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467, USA.
Adolescent Medicine (Philadelphia, Pa.)
|June 9, 1999
Abstract:
Increased incidence of HIV infection among adolescents has put more emphasis on trying to improve HIV screening of the adolescent population. This chapter presents some of the controversies surrounding HIV testing and counseling, the options of adolescent consent to such testing, and the confidentiality of the test results. It also discusses recent advances achieved with HIV combination therapy and availability of new therapeutic approaches to infected adolescents.