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Exploring the anatomical HIV reservoirs: role of the testicular tissue

AIDS (2016)

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AIDS

Volume 30, Issue 18, Pages 2891-2893

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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS

DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001281

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NIAID NIH HHS [UM1 AI106701, P30 AI027757] Funding Source: Medline

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