Stavudine- and nevirapine-related drug toxicity while on generic fixed-dose antiretroviral treatment: incidence, timing and risk factors in a three-year cohort in Kigali, Rwanda.

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Published in Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg on September 03, 2009

Authors

Johan van Griensven1, Rony Zachariah, Freya Rasschaert, Jules Mugabo, Edi F Atté, Tony Reid

Author Affiliations

1: Médecins Sans Frontières, Operational Centre Brussels, Medical Department, Duprestraat 94, 1090 Brussels, Belgium. jvgrie@yahoo.com

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