WHO antiretroviral therapy guidelines 2010 and impact of tenofovir on chronic kidney disease in Vietnamese HIV-infected patients.

OBJECTIVE: The 2010 WHO antiretroviral therapy (ART) guidelines have resulted in increased tenofovir use. Little is known about tenofovir-induced chronic kidney disease (CKD) in HIV-infected Vietnamese with mean body weight of 55 kg. We evaluated the prevalence and risk factors of CKD in this countr...

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Main Authors: Daisuke Mizushima, Junko Tanuma, Fumihide Kanaya, Takeshi Nishijima, Hiroyuki Gatanaga, Nguyen Tien Lam, Nguyen Thi Hoai Dung, Nguyen Van Kinh, Yoshimi Kikuchi, Shinichi Oka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3819298?pdf=render