Benefits of leptin therapy in HIV patients

Benefits of leptin therapy in HIV patients

Leptin therapy in human recombinant form has recently been used in HIV-associated lipodystrophy syndrome on experimental basis in some small short-term clinical trials. It has shown its beneficial effects only in hypoleptinemic HIV-infected patients by causing definite improvement in their insulin s...

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Main Authors: Uma Sinha, Keshab Sinharay, Nilanjan Sengupta, Prasanta Mukhopadhyay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Subjects:
Antiretroviral therapy
HIV
leptin
lipodystrophy
metabolic syndrome
Online Access:http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2012;volume=16;issue=9;spage=637;epage=643;aulast=Sinha

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