Mortality of patients lost to follow-up in antiretroviral treatment programmes in resource-limited settings: systematic review and meta-analysis.
BACKGROUND: The retention of patients in antiretroviral therapy (ART) programmes is an important issue in resource-limited settings. Loss to follow up can be substantial, but it is unclear what the outcomes are in patients who are lost to programmes. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We searched the PubMed, EMB...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2686174?pdf=render |