The International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Group, known as IMPAACT, is a United States-based research network which studies HIV and AIDS in infant, pediatric, adolescent and pregnant women populations. It is a member of the Office of HIV/AIDS Network Coordination research group.
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In 2012 IMPAACT published a study which found no link between the use of HIV medication and psychiatric illness in adolescents.[1]
About edit
As of 2010, IMPAACT consisted of 39 domestic and 34 international clinical research sites.[2]
References edit
- ^ Nachman, S.; Chernoff, M.; Williams, P.; Hodge, J.; Heston, J.; Gadow, K. D. (2012). "Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease Severity, Psychiatric Symptoms, and Functional Outcomes in Perinatally Infected Youth". Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 166 (6): 528–535. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.1785. PMC 3407294. PMID 22312169.
- ^ "International Maternal-Pediatric-Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) Group". nichd.nih.gov. 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.