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Comment
. 2010 Mar 1;50(5):770-2.
doi: 10.1086/650536.

Milk mysteries: Why are women who exclusively breast-feed less likely to transmit HIV during breast-feeding?

Louise Kuhn  1
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Milk mysteries: Why are women who exclusively breast-feed less likely to transmit HIV during breast-feeding?

Louise Kuhn. Clin Infect Dis. .
No abstract available

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Potential conflicts of interest. L.K.: no conflicts.

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