Combination HIV therapy and opportunistic infections of the eye in people with AIDS
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Combination HIV therapy and opportunistic infections of the eye in people with AIDS.
The past 2 years have seen a dramatic improvement in the prognosis for people with HIV infection owing to the success of a strategy of using a combination of antiretroviral drugs to bring about a profound and durable suppression of viral replication. The drugs currently available all work through inhibiting key HIV specific enzymes—reverse transcriptase and HIV protease. The use of a three drug...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.82.9.981