Buffalo hump in HIV patients: surgical management with liposuction

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 946-949

  Sharma, Devesh ^a   Bitterly, Thomas J ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffalo hump; HIV; Liposuction

Indexed keywords

LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; NELFINAVIR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LIPOMATOSIS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIPECTOMY; LIPODYSTROPHY; LIPOMATOSIS; LIPOSUCTION; MALE; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV PROTEASE INHIBITORS; HIV-1; HIV-ASSOCIATED LIPODYSTROPHY SYNDROME; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; LIPOMATOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649388065     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.10.086     Document Type: Article

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