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A Profile of Adverse Drug Reactions of Atazanavir- and Lopinavir-Based Antiretroviral Regimens in Namibia

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Babafunso Aderemi Adenuga and Timothy Rennie have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this letter.

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The Research Ethics Boards of the MoHSS (reference no. 17/3/3) and Ethics Committee of the University of Namibia (reference no. SOPHA/209/2017) approved the study. Secondary data were used in this study and the need for written informed consent was waived by the Research Ethics Committee.

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Adenuga, B.A., Rennie, T.W. A Profile of Adverse Drug Reactions of Atazanavir- and Lopinavir-Based Antiretroviral Regimens in Namibia. Drug Saf 42, 915–917 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40264-019-00832-3

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