Mortality and clinical outcomes in HIV-infected children on antiretroviral therapy in Malawi, Lesotho, and Swaziland.

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Published in Pediatrics on August 13, 2012

Authors

Mark M Kabue1, W Chris Buck, Sebastian R Wanless, Carrie M Cox, Eric D McCollum, A Chantal Caviness, Saeed Ahmed, Maria H Kim, Lineo Thahane, Andrew Devlin, Duncan Kochelani, Peter N Kazembe, Nancy R Calles, Michael B Mizwa, Gordon E Schutze, Mark W Kline

Author Affiliations

1: Baylor College of Medicine Abbott Fund Children's Clinical Centre of Excellence-Malawi, Private Bag B397, Lilongwe 03, Malawi. mmkabue@gmail.com

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