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Prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Seropositivity among Eye Surgical Patients at a Rural Eye Care Facility in South-Eastern Nigeria

PURPOSE: To determine the prevalence of human immunodeficiency infection among patients who underwent surgery at a rural eye care facility in southeastern Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective chart review was performed for all patients who had undergone surgery and a pre-operative Human I...

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Autores principales:	Okoye, Obiekwe, Magulike, Nwabueze, Chuka-Okosa, Chimdi
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3277031/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22346121 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.92122

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