Relationship between HIV/Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART)–Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome and Stavudine‐Triphosphate Intracellular Levels in Patients with Stavudine‐Based Antiretroviral Regimens
Author(s) -
Peré Domingo,
Maria Carmen Cabeza,
Alain Pruvost,
Juliana Salazar,
María del Mar Gutiérrez,
María Gracia Mateo,
Joan Carles Domingo,
Irene Fernández,
Francesc Villarroya,
Jessica Muñoz,
Francesc Vidal,
Montserrat Baiget
Publication year - 2010
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 - 10.1086/651117
Subject(s) - stavudine , lipodystrophy , medicine , interquartile range , intracellular , peripheral blood mononuclear cell , reverse transcriptase inhibitor , zidovudine , immunology , gastroenterology , virology , antiretroviral therapy , biology , viral load , viral disease , virus , in vitro , biochemistry
The link between human immunodeficiency virus/highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)-associated lipodystrophy syndrome (HALS) and the use of thymidine analogues has been well established. However, to our knowledge, no relationship has been proven between intracellular levels of stavudine (d4T) and HALS.
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