Dual therapy treatment strategies for the management of patients infected with HIV: A systematic review of current evidence in ARV-naive or ARV-experienced, virologically suppressed patients

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Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Baril, Jean Guy ^a   Angel, Jonathan B ^b   John Gill, M ^c   Gathe, Joseph ^d   Cahn, Pedro ^e   Van Wyk, Jean ^f   Walmsley, Sharon ^g,h  

^a Clinique Medicale du Quartier Latin   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d Therapeutic Concepts   (United States)

^e FUNDACIÓN HUÉSPED   (Argentina)

^f ABBVIE INC   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; DRUG COMBINATION;

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 84959449880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148231     Document Type: Article

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