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Drug Evaluations

Lamivudine for the treatment of HIV

, MD (Professor of Medicine and Microbiology, Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Senior Associate Dean of Students) & , PharmD (Lead Clinical Development Scientist)
Pages 105-114 | Published online: 13 Dec 2009

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