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Polymorphic immune restoration syndrome after effective HAART
  1. E Quiros-Roldan1,
  2. C Torti1,
  3. S Casari1,
  4. F Moretti1,
  5. M Puoti1,
  6. G Carosi1,
  7. L Bercich2
  1. 1Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
  2. 2First Service of Pathological Anatomy, Spedali Civili General Hospital, Brescia, Italy
  1. Correspondence to:
 Eugenia Quiros-Roldan, MD, PhD, Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, P le Spedali Civili, 1, 25123 Brescia, Italy;
 carlotorti{at}hotmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.79.2.171-b

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