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EDITORIAL

Should we start screening for anal squamous intra-epithelial lesions in HIV-infected homosexual men?

Tim R. H. Read A B C and Christopher K. Fairley A B
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A School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Vic. 3053, Australia.

B Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, 580 Swanston Street, Carlton, Vic. 3053, Australia.

C Corresponding author. Email: tread@mshc.org.au

Sexual Health 8(2) 140-142 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH10152
Submitted: 2 December 2010  Accepted: 22 March 2011   Published: 18 May 2011


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