Treatment of HIV-associated facial lipoatrophy: impact on infection progression assessed by viral load and CD4 count

Treatment of HIV-associated facial lipoatrophy: impact on infection progression assessed by viral load and CD4 count

BACKGROUND: HIV/AIDS-Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome includes changes in body fat distribution, with or without metabolic changes. The loss of fat from the face, called facial lipoatrophy, is one of the most stigmatizing signs of the syndrome.OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effect of FL treatment using...

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Main Authors: Flávia Machado Gonçalves Soares, Izelda Maria Carvalho Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2013-08-01
Series:Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
Subjects:
CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
HIV
HIV-Associated lipodystrophy syndrome
Polymethyl methacrylate
Viral load
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