Prevalence and predictors of low bone mineral density in treatment-naive HIV-infected patients and its correlation with CD4 cell counts

Prevalence and predictors of low bone mineral density in treatment-naive HIV-infected patients and its correlation with CD4 cell counts

Objective: HIV virtually affects every organ system of the body. The skeletal system is no exception, and antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been implicated in bone diseases. However, not many studies have been done to evaluate bone disease in treatment (ART) naive HIV-infected patients, and hence, th...

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Main Authors: Pulin Kumar Gupta, Sanchit Singh, Subodh Kumar Mahto, Ankita Sheoran, Umesh Chand Garga, Ashok Kumar Lal, Piyush Jain, Sujata Elizabeth Mathews
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Subjects:
bone mineral density
cd4 counts
hiv/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
osteopenia
osteoporosis
Online Access:http://www.tcmjmed.com/article.asp?issn=1016-3190;year=2021;volume=33;issue=1;spage=49;epage=54;aulast=Gupta
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