Adverse events associated with nevirapine and efavirenz-based first-line antiretroviral therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

AIDS

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1403-1412

  Shubber, Zara ^a   Calmy, Alexandra ^b,c   Andrieux Meyer, Isabelle ^c   Vitoria, Marco ^d   Renaud Théry, Françoise ^d   Shaffer, Nathan ^d   Hargreaves, Sally ^e   Mills, Edward J ^f   Ford, Nathan ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Central nervous system toxicity; Drug substitution; Efavirenz; Hepatotoxicity; Hypersensitivity; Nevirapine; Rash; Stevens Johnson syndrome

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; DIDANOSINE; EFAVIRENZ; LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; STAVUDINE; TENOFOVIR; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER TOXICITY; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN TOXICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; BENZOXAZINES; CHILD; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NEVIRAPINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS;

EID: 84879117069     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32835f1db0     Document Type: Review

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