Ethics of placebo-controlled trials of zidovudine to prevent the perinatal transmission of HIV in the Third World

N Engl J Med. 1998 Mar 19;338(12):837; author reply 840-1.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-HIV Agents / economics
  • Anti-HIV Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Clinical Trials as Topic / methods*
  • Developing Countries*
  • Ethics, Medical*
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / prevention & control*
  • HIV Infections / transmission
  • Humans
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / prevention & control*
  • Placebos
  • Zidovudine / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-HIV Agents
  • Placebos
  • Zidovudine