Clinical Study Differences in LipidMeasurements by Antiretroviral Regimen Exposure in Cohorts from Asia and Australia
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1The Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Society (Formerly the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research), Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia 2 Infectious Diseases Unit, Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia 3AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan 4Research Institute for Health Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand 5Centre for Clinical Immunology and Biomedical Statistics, Murdoch University and Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia 6 Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University and Sanglah Hospital, Bali 80233, Indonesia
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