Early HIV infection: to treat or not to treat?
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Primary HIV infection: to treat or not to treat?
PURPOSE OF REVIEW The aim of this article is to review new data on the use of antiretroviral therapy in primary HIV infection. RECENT FINDINGS The concept of 'hit HIV hard and early' supporting the use of antiretroviral therapy to treat the early stages of HIV infection has been revisited. Recent demonstration of massive, rapid and largely irreversible HIV-mediated destruction of memory CD4+ ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.301.6756.825