Effectiveness of Antiretroviral Treatment in a South African Program<subtitle>A Cohort Study</subtitle>
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Effectiveness of antiretroviral treatment in a South African program: a cohort study.
BACKGROUND The effectiveness of the South African government's expanding antiretroviral treatment program is unknown. Observational studies of treatment effectiveness are prone to selection bias, rarely compare patients receiving antiretroviral treatment with similar patients not receiving antiretroviral treatment, and underestimate mortality rates unless patients are actively followed up. ME...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Internal Medicine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0003-9926
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2007.10