Nutritional status and lipid profile of HIV-positive children and adolescents using antiretroviral therapy

OBJECTIVE: To describe nutritional status, body composition and lipid profile in children and adolescents receiving protease inhibitors. METHODS: Fifty-nine patients, 23 treated with protease inhibitors (group 1) and 36 not using protease inhibitors (group 2). Their dietary intake, anthropometry, bi...

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Main Authors: Patricia Viganó Contri, Érica Miranda Berchielli, Marina Hjertquist Tremeschin, Bento Vidal de Moura Negrini, Roberta Garcia Salomão, Jacqueline Pontes Monteiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2011-01-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322011000600013