The management of acute retroviral syndrome
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Materials and methods A retrospective study of patients diagnosed with ARS in our facility between 1999-2009, who had previously tested negative at an ELISA test and consequently had a positive or negative ELISA and a viral load of over 10.000 copies/ml were included in the study. Patients were divided into two groups: patients who were only treated initially and then therapy was stopped (group 1) and patients who continued treatment (group 2).
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دوره 13 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010