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arrow Media Statement on the launch of the National Collaborative Research Programme (NCRP) on Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease in Cape Town, 29 January 2010. (29 January 2010)
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Cochrane Review reveals some positive lessons from home based care in HIV patients. See press release as well as review (20 January 2010)
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Red blood cell membrane fluidity in the etiology of multiple sclerosis. Hon GM, Hassan MS, van Rensburg SJ, Abel S, van Jaarsveld P, Erasmus RT, Matsha T.J Membr Biol. 2009 Dec;232(1-3):25-34.View online abstract. Register for full text article. Read more about the PROMEC Unit.
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Survival of infants in the context of prevention of mother to child HIV transmission in South Africa. Chopra M, Doherty T, Goga A, Jackson D, Persson L. Acta Paediatr. 2010 Jan 21. View online abstract. Register for full text article. Read more about the Health Systems Research Unit.
   
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