Time of progression to osteopenia/osteoporosis in chronically HIV-infected patients: screening DXA scan.

Time of progression to osteopenia/osteoporosis in chronically HIV-infected patients: screening DXA scan.

BACKGROUND: Algorithms for bone mineral density (BMD) management in HIV-infected patients are lacking. Our objective was to assess how often a dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan should be performed by assessing time of progression to osteopenia/osteoporosis. METHODS: All DXA scans performed...

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Main Authors: Eugenia Negredo, Anna Bonjoch, Moisés Gómez-Mateu, Carla Estany, Jordi Puig, Nuria Perez-Alvarez, Joaquin Rosales, Silvana di Gregorio, Luis del Rio, Guadalupe Gómez, Bonaventura Clotet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3466220?pdf=render

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