What is HIV-PEP in medical terms?
There may be a few different meanings of abbreviation HIV-PEP. However, what does the medical abbreviation HIV-PEP mean?
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What is HIV-PEP medical abbreviation?
In the medicine field, the medical abbreviation HIV-PEP means HIV postexposure prophylaxis.
HIV-PEP: HIV postexposure prophylaxis
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