Timing of initiation of antiretroviral therapy in AIDS-free HIV-1-infected patients: a collaborative analysis of 18 HIV cohort studies.

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Published in Lancet on April 08, 2009

Authors

When To Start Consortium, Jonathan A C Sterne, Margaret May, Dominique Costagliola, Frank de Wolf, Andrew N Phillips, Ross Harris, Michele Jönsson Funk, Ronald B Geskus, John Gill, François Dabis, Jose M Miró, Amy C Justice, Bruno Ledergerber, Gerd Fätkenheuer, Robert S Hogg, Antonella D'Arminio Monforte, Michael Saag, Colette Smith, Schlomo Staszewski, Matthias Egger, Stephen R Cole

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NCT00821171

HIV Awal (Early) Testing & Treatment Indonesia Project Observational Phase | NCT03429842

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