Nevirapine-associated early hepatotoxicity: incidence, risk factors, and associated mortality in a primary care ART programme in South Africa.

The majority of antiretroviral treatment programmes in sub-Saharan Africa are scaling up antiretroviral treatment using a fixed dose first-line antiretroviral regimen containing stavudine, lamivudine, and nevirapine. One of the primary concerns with the use of this regimen is nevirapine-associated h...

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Main Authors: Kathryn M Chu, Andrew M Boulle, Nathan Ford, Eric Goemaere, Valerie Asselman, Gilles Van Cutsem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2822855?pdf=render