Changes in leptin serum levels in HIV-infected children receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 291-296

  Papaevangelou, V ^a,c   Papassotiriou, I ^b   Vounatsou, M ^b   Chrousos, G ^a   Theodoridou, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

AIDS; HAART; HALS; Lipodystrophy

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV ASSOCIATED LIPODYSTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; BODY MASS INDEX; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV; HIV-ASSOCIATED LIPODYSTROPHY SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; LEPTIN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 34247391939     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510601045062     Document Type: Article

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