Associated Factors and Liver Disease Severity for Decreased Bone Mineral Density in HIV Mono- and HIV/HCV Co-infected Patients

Valentina Li Vecchi
2015 Journal of AIDS and Clinical Research  
Objective: We assessed the prevalence and risk factors of decreased bone mineral density (BMD) in patients mono-infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or co-infected with hepatitis C virus (HIV/HCV). We also evaluated whether bone loss was linked to lipid asset in both groups and to severity of liver fibrosis in the co-infected group.
doi:10.4172/2155-6113.1000438 fatcat:ob6iv6e26bhrrb6ytpyascynki