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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Reasons for and correlates of antiretroviral treatment interruptions in a cohort of patients from public and private clinics in southern India

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Pages 687-694 | Received 31 May 2011, Accepted 28 Sep 2011, Published online: 22 Nov 2011

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