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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Hepatitis C virus infection is associated with painful symptoms in HIV-infected adults

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Pages 820-827 | Received 22 Mar 2011, Accepted 16 Nov 2011, Published online: 24 Jan 2012

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