1600Lower lipid screening rates among HIV positive outpatients in an urban clinic
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urban clinic Gordana Simeunovic, MD; Leonard Johnson, MD; Susan Szpunar, PhD; Louis Saravolatz, MD; Infectious Diseases, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI; Medicine, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI/School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI; Graduate Medical Education, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI; St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
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