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. 2006 Apr 5;13(2):223–228. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2003.tb00021.x

Peripheral Neuropathies in HIV‐infected Patients in the Era of HAART

François‐Jérôme Authier 1,✉, Romain K Gheradi 1
PMCID: PMC8095769  PMID: 12744475

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INSERM EI 0011, Faculté de Médecine de Créteil‐Paris XII, Créteil, France.

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