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Low bone mineral density among HIV-infected patients in Brazil
Chaba, Daniela Cardeal da Silva; Soares, Lisméia R.; Pereira, Rosa M. R.; Rutherford, George W.; Assone, Tatiane; Takayama, Liliam; Fonseca, Luiz A. M.Decrease in bone mineral density (BMD) has been a complication among people living with HIV/AIDS. To investigate the prevalence of osteopenia/osteoporosis among HIV-infected people living in São Paulo city, we studied 108 HIV-infected patients (79 men and 29 women). We extracted data from patients’ medical records and BMD was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Median age of participants was 42 ...
Date: 2017
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