HIV/AIDS

New research on HIV/AIDS from University of Oviedo summarized

Published in AIDS Weekly, May 12th, 2008

Researchers in Oviedo, Spain conducted a study "To evaluate the impact of acquired and inherited factors on the development of lipodystrophic syndrome in patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy. Two hundred forty-three human immunodeficiency virus-infected Caucasians on highly active antiretroviral therapy were prospectively followed-up for 3 years."

"Eleven were naive and 232 were on antiretrovirals (mean, 93.0 months +/- 43.8 months). Lipodystrophic syndrome was diagnosed clinically with a lipodystrophy severity grading scale. Polymorphisms of cytokines (IL-1 beta, IL-6, TA/alpha), TLR4, and NOS genes were genotyped. Ninety (37%) patients developed...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2008-05-12)

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