Guidelines for antiretroviral therapy in adults
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Graeme Meintjes, Gary Maartens (Chairpersons of the Adult Guidelines Committee), Andrew Boulle, Francesca Conradie, Eric Goemaere, Eric Hefer, Dave Johnson, Moeketsi Mathe, Yunus Moosa, Regina Osih, Theresa Rossouw, Gilles van Cutsem, Ebrahim Variava, Francois Venter (Expert Panel Members), Dave Spencer (Reviewer), on behalf of the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society Corresponding author: G Meintjes ([email protected])
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