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Abstract
Defective metabolism leading to fat maldistribution in patients infected with HIV. The etiology appears to be multifactorial and probably involves some combination of infection-induced alterations in metabolism, direct effects of antiretroviral therapy, and patient-related factors.
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- HIV Lipodystrophy Syndrome
- HIV-Associated Lipodystrophy
- Lipodystrophy Syndrome, HIV
- HIV Associated Lipodystrophy
- HIV Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome
- Lipodystrophy Syndrome, HIV-Associated
- Lipodystrophy, HIV-Associated
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2003
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- Lipodystrophy (1998-2002)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. HIV-Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D039682. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D039682
- HIV-Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV-associated_lipodystrophy
- HIV-Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5629813