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Evaluation of Individual and Combined Markers of Urine Dipstick Parameters and Total Lymphocyte Count as a Substitute for CD4 Count in Low-Resource Communities in Ghana

We evaluated the individual and combined levels of urine dipstick and total lymphocyte count (TLC) as surrogate markers for CD4 count in a low-resource community in Ghana. This cross-sectional study recruited 200 HIV-infected patients from the Saint Francis Xavier Hospital, Assin Fosu, Ghana. Comple...

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Autores principales:	Anto, Enoch Odame, Obirikorang, Christian, Acheampong, Emmanuel, Amankwaa, Bright, Afranie, Bright Oppong, Donkor, Sampson, Hope, Isaac, Jommo, Juliana, Osaah, Esther
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Hindawi 2018
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5828051/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29606987 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7485942

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