Prevalence of low bone mass and changes in vitamin D levels in human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults unexposed to antiretrovirals

Prevalence of low bone mass and changes in vitamin D levels in human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults unexposed to antiretrovirals

Abstract INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of low bone mass is 3 times higher in people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) and using antiretrovirals than in the HIV-unaffected population. Changes in vitamin D levels is one of the factors associated with decreased bone mass. The objective o...

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Main Authors: Nathalia Sernizon Guimarães, Milena Maria Moreira Guimarães, Adriana Maria Kakehasi, Mariana Guimarães Penido de Paula, Júlia Fonseca de Morais Caporali, Érica Leandro Marciano Vieira, Pedro Rezende Tanajura, Unaí Tupinambás
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Bone mass
Vitamin D
HIV
People living with HIV
Biomarker
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