Prevalence of low bone mass and changes in vitamin D levels in human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults unexposed to antiretrovirals
Abstract INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of low bone mass is 3 times higher in people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) and using antiretrovirals than in the HIV-unaffected population. Changes in vitamin D levels is one of the factors associated with decreased bone mass. The objective o...
Main Authors: | Nathalia Sernizon Guimarães, Milena Maria Moreira Guimarães, Adriana Maria Kakehasi, Mariana Guimarães Penido de Paula, Júlia Fonseca de Morais Caporali, Érica Leandro Marciano Vieira, Pedro Rezende Tanajura, Unaí Tupinambás |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
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Series: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822018000500596&lng=en&tlng=en |
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