Prevalence and risk factors of osteopenia/osteoporosis in Turkish HIV/AIDS patients

Background: Recent studies showed a high frequency of low bone mineral density (BMD) in HIV-infected patients and no reports have been issued in Turkey. Our aim was to evaluate BMD and risk factors for osteopenia/osteoporosis in HIV-infected patients that attended an outpatient clinic in Istanbul, T...

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Main Authors: Ozlem Altuntas Aydın, Hayat Kumbasar Karaosmanoglu, Rıdvan Karahasanoglu, Meryem Tahmaz, Ozcan Nazlıcan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-11-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867013002195

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