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Improvement of Mitochondrial Toxicity in Patients Receiving a Nucleoside Reverse‐Transcriptase Inhibitor–Sparing Strategy: Results from the Multicenter Study with Nevirapine and Kaletra (MULTINEKA)
Author(s) -
Eugènia Negredo,
Òscar Miró,
Benjamí RodríguezSantiago,
Glòria Garrabou,
Carla Estany,
Àngels Masabeu,
Lluís Force,
Pilar Barrufet,
Josep Cucurull,
Peré Domingo,
Carlos AlonsoVillaverde,
Anna Bonjoch,
Constanza Morén,
Núria PérezÁlvarez,
Bonaventura Clotet
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/605440
Subject(s) - mitochondrial toxicity , nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor , nevirapine , medicine , reverse transcriptase inhibitor , toxicity , reverse transcriptase , lipoatrophy , pharmacology , in vivo , didanosine , virology , nucleoside analogue , nucleoside , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral disease , zidovudine , sida , antiretroviral therapy , viral load , rna , biology , biochemistry , gene , microbiology and biotechnology
Nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI)-related mitochondrial toxicity has been suggested as a key factor in the induction of antiretroviral-related lipoatrophy. This study aimed to evaluate in vivo the effects of NRTI withdrawal on mitochondrial parameters and body fat distribution.

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