Early loss of HIV-infected patients on potent antiretroviral therapy programmes in lower-income countries.

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Published in Bull World Health Organ on July 01, 2008

Authors

Martin W G Brinkhof1, François Dabis, Landon Myer, David R Bangsberg, Andrew Boulle, Denis Nash, Mauro Schechter, Christian Laurent, Olivia Keiser, Margaret May, Eduardo Sprinz, Matthias Egger, Xavier Anglaret, ART-LINC, IeDEA

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1: Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Bern, Switzerland.

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