Improving survival among Brazilian children with perinatally-acquired AIDS
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Improving survival among Brazilian children with perinatally-acquired AIDS.
UNLABELLED Brazil was the first developing country to provide free, universal access to antiretroviral treatment for AIDS patients. The Brazilian experience thus provides the first evidence regarding the impact of such treatment on the survival of perinatally acquired AIDS cases in the developing world. MATERIAL AND METHODS This retrospective cohort study used medical record reviews to examin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1413-8670
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-86702004000600005