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AIDS And HIV Therapy
DHEA Replacement Therapy Effective
November 19th, 2001
by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Treatment with the adrenal hormone DHEA can be beneficial for patients in advanced stages of HIV infection, researchers in France report. "Plasma levels of dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEA-S) decrease with the progression of HIV disease," according to Christophe Piketty and colleagues at Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou, Hopital Trousseau, and Hopital Paul Brousse in Paris, and Hopital Bicetre in Le Kremlin Bicetre. Low levels of DHEA have been linked to poor immune function and depression. Piketty and coworkers found that DHEA replenishment therapy could significantly improve HIV patients' quality of...
Source: AIDS Weekly (2001-11-19)
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