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Use of laboratory test results in patient management by clinicians in Malawi

BACKGROUND: Malawi has a high burden of infectious disease. The expansion of programmes targeting these diseases requires a strong laboratory infrastructure to support both diagnosis and treatment. OBJECTIVES: To assess the use of laboratory test results in patient management and to determine the re...

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Autores principales:	Moyo, Kundai, Porter, Carol, Chilima, Ben, Mwenda, Reuben, Kabue, Mark, Zungu, Lutho, Sarr, Abdoulaye
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	AOSIS OpenJournals 2015
Materias:	Original Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4870597/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27213139 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v4i1.277

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