HIV/AIDS Obstetrics
Protease inhibitor-containing HAART associated with increased risk of preterm delivery
Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 6th, 2006
"Data on complications of pregnancy associated with antiretroviral therapy are limited. Some small studies have demonstrated an increased preterm delivery rate, but a recent retrospective United States multisite study did not concur with these findings," scientists in the United States report.
According to A.M. Cotter and colleagues at the University of Miami, "Our objective was to investigate whether antiretroviral therapy was associated with adverse pregnancy outcome at a single site.
"Using prospectively gathered data, women were...
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