Published in AIDS Weekly, August 21st, 2006
Study 1: HIV-1 infected patients need higher doses of retinol to compensate for excessive urinary loss.
According to a recently published study from Brazil, "Retinol deficiency is quite frequent in the population of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals. Serum retinol levels of less than 1.05 mc mol/L determine a 3.5 to 5 times higher death risk.
"However, studies evaluating the efficacy of retinol supplementation in HIV-seropositive individuals have reported conflicting results. The World Health Organization recommends the treatment of...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2006-08-21)
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