A Comparison of HAART Outcomes between the US Military HIV Natural History Study (NHS) and HIV Atlanta Veterans Affairs Cohort Study (HAVACS)

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Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Guest, Jodie L ^a,b,c   Weintrob, Amy C ^d,e   Rimland, David ^a,b   Rentsch, Christopher ^a   Bradley, William P ^d   Agan, Brian K ^d   Marconi, Vincent C ^a,b,c   Banks, Susan ^d   Bavaro, Mary ^d   Bebu, Ionut ^d   Chun, Helen ^d   Crum Cianflone, Nancy ^d   Decker, Cathy ^d   Eggleston, Conner ^d   Ferguson, Tomas ^d   Fraser, Susan ^d   Hartzell, Joshua ^d   Hawley, Joshua ^d   Hsue, Gunther ^d   Johnson, Arthur ^d   Kortepeter, Mark ^d   Lalani, Tahaniyat ^d   Lockhart, Robbin ^d   Macalinio, Grace ^d   Merritt, Scott ^d   Mesner, Octavio ^d   O'Connell, Robert ^d   Okulicz, Maj Jason ^d   Peel, Sheila ^d   Polis, Michael ^d   Powers, John ^d   Ressner, Roseanne ^d   Tramont, Edmund ^d   Warkentien, Tyler ^d   Weintrob, Amy ^d   Whitman, Timothy ^d   Zapor, Michael ^d   more..

^a ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONNUCLEOSIDE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITOR; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV ATLANTA VETERANS AFFAIRS COHORT STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREND STUDY; US MILITARY NATURAL HISTORY STUDY;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84877033611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062273     Document Type: Article

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