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

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

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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
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Osteopenia
HIV/AIDS
Prevalence Risk factors
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702013000600014&lng=en&tlng=en

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