Characterization of newly diagnosed HIV-infected patients who are lost to follow up
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Identifying causes of loss to follow up in newly diagnosed HIV-infected patients
Methods We retrospectively reviewed the clinical charts of the adult patients (P) who consulted for the first time in the Infectious Disease Clinic of the university associated hospital at Buenos Aires, Argentina, between June 1st 2005 and May 31st 2008. We identified between the P who were newly diagnosed with HIV infection, those who attended the clinic only once; we considered lose to follow...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the International AIDS Society
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1758-2652
DOI: 10.7448/ias.15.6.18146