Adherence to antiretroviral therapy among children receiving therapy in a resource-poor setting
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Adherence to antiretroviral therapy.
INTRODUCTION The goal of HAART is to achieve maximal and durable suppression of virus replication. Adherence plays a very important role in success of antiretroviral therapy. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To find out the rate of adherence and factors that influence adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART). MATERIAL AND METHODS The present study was conducted in the Department of Medicine in a tertia...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the International AIDS Society
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1758-2652
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-11-s1-p175