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Determinants of hospital mortality of HIV infected patients from north India
  1. S K Sharma,
  2. T Kadhiravan,
  3. A Banga,
  4. I Bhatia,
  5. T Goyal,
  6. P K Saha
  1. Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr S K Sharma
 Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India; sksharmaaiims.ac.in

https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.2004.009241

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