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Spectrum of disease in HIV-positive patients presenting to a tertiary care hospital: a retrospective, cross-sectional review in Kumasi, Ghana

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3332-1

Published Online: 2018-08-23

Published Print: 2018-12

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Phillips, Richard Odame https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8992-0222
Steinmetz, Alexis

Nichols, Justin

Adomako, Emmanuel

Ofori, Emmanuel

Antonio, Emilia

Allihien, St.-Martin

Peprah-Addae, Collins

Adams, William
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Received: 28 March 2018

Accepted: 15 August 2018

First Online: 23 August 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Ethics clearance was obtained from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital ethics review committee (CHRPE/347/15). Consent from individual patients was waived, as this project involved an internal, retrospective review of patient charts without any acquisition of identifying patient information. Permission was obtained from the Department of Medicine and the Research and Development Unit at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi to review patient folders. Data were accessible only to authorized members of the core study team.

: Permission was obtained from the Department of Medicine and the Research and Development Unit at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi to review patient folders.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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