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HIV Case Management Support Service Is Associated with Improved CD4 Counts of Patients Receiving Care at the Antiretroviral Clinic of Pantang Hospital, Ghana

BACKGROUND: Factors associated with individual patient-level management of HIV have received minimal attention in sub-Saharan Africa. This study determined the association between support services and cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) counts among HIV patients attending ART clinic in Ghana. METHODO...

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Autores principales:	Sarfo, Bismark, Vanderpuye, Naa Ashiley, Addison, Abigail, Nyasulu, Peter
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Hindawi 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5632479/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29085677 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4697473

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