Development and validation of decision rules to guide frequency of monitoring CD4 cell count in HIV-1 infection before starting antiretroviral therapy.

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Published in PLoS One on April 08, 2011

Authors

Thierry Buclin1, Amalio Telenti, Rafael Perera, Chantal Csajka, Hansjakob Furrer, Jeffrey K Aronson, Paul P Glasziou

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. thierry.buclin@chuv.ch

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