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Acta Clinica Belgica
International Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine
Volume 60, 2005 - Issue 1
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BILATERAL BLINDNESS AFTER STARTING HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT IN A PATIENT WITH HIV INFECTION AND CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS

C De SchachtDepartement Klinische WetenschappenInstituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde, Nationalestraat155, B - 2000Antwerpen;Eenheid Tropische GeneeskundeUniversitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen, Wilrijkstraat10, B - 2650Edegem
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Smets RMEDienst OftalmologieUniversitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen, Wilrijkstraat10, B - 2650Edegem
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S CallensEenheid Tropische GeneeskundeUniversitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen, Wilrijkstraat10, B - 2650Edegem
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R ColebundersDepartement Klinische WetenschappenInstituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde, Nationalestraat155, B - 2000Antwerpen;Eenheid Tropische GeneeskundeUniversitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen, Wilrijkstraat10, B - 2650EdegemCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 10-12 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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